AMD Athlon XP 2000+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2100+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 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 2100+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 62 Watt

Launch date	September 2003 vs January 2001
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 62 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2100+

Around 4% higher clock speed: 1.73 GHz vs 1.67 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 327 vs 311
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 210 vs 195

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz vs 1.67 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	327 vs 311
PassMark - CPU mark	210 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2100+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

311

327

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

195

210

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon XP 2100+
PassMark - Single thread mark	311	327
PassMark - CPU mark	195	210

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2000+	AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thorton	Thoroughbred
Launch date	September 2003	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$25
Place in performance rating	3243	3235
Price now	$24.99
Value for money (0-100)	3.54
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	1.73 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	62 Watt