AMD Athlon XP 2600+ vs AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2600+ and AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 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 2600+

AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.92 GHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 396 vs 380
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 262 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz vs 1.92 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	396 vs 380
PassMark - CPU mark	262 vs 242

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2600+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

380

396

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

242

262

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2600+	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	380	396
PassMark - CPU mark	242	262

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2600+	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Barton	Barton
Launch date	January 2001	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$23	$78
Place in performance rating	3173	3162
Price now	$23.03	$79.70
Value for money (0-100)	4.76	1.49
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	101 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	1.92 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	63 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	68 Watt