AMD Athlon XP 2700+ vs AMD Athlon 900

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 2700+ and AMD Athlon 900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 2700+

AMD Athlon 900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2700+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 141% higher clock speed: 2.17 GHz vs 0.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm

Launch date	October 2002 vs June 2000
Maximum frequency	2.17 GHz vs 0.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 900

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 68 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 68 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 2700+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 900

Name	AMD Athlon XP 2700+	AMD Athlon 900
PassMark - Single thread mark	398
PassMark - CPU mark	256

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 2700+	AMD Athlon 900
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thoroughbred	Thunderbird
Launch date	October 2002	June 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$85
Place in performance rating	3162	not rated
Price now	$84.79
Value for money (0-100)	1.36
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Die size	80 mm	120 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.17 GHz	0.9 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	37 million	37 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	50 Watt
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1