AMD Athlon XP 2000+ vs AMD Athlon XP 1800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+

AMD Athlon XP 1800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher clock speed: 1.67 GHz vs 1.53 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 311 vs 301

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2003 vs June 2002
Maximum frequency	1.67 GHz vs 1.53 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	311 vs 301

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1800+

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	51 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

311

301

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

195

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon XP 1800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	311	301
PassMark - CPU mark	195	195

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thorton	Thoroughbred
Launch date	September 2003	June 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$25	$59
Place in performance rating	3231	3244
Price now	$24.99	$58.95
Value for money (0-100)	3.54	1.50
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	80 mm	80 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.67 GHz	1.53 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	37 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	51 Watt