AMD Opteron X2 280 vs AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2 280 and AMD Athlon XP 2700+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron X2 280

AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 280

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.17 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	September 2005 vs October 2002
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.17 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2 280
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Name	AMD Opteron X2 280	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
PassMark - Single thread mark		398
PassMark - CPU mark		256

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2 280	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Italy	Thoroughbred
Launch date	September 2005	October 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	3162
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85
Price now		$84.79
Value for money (0-100)		1.36
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.17 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	233 million	37 million
Die size		80 mm
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	940	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	68 Watt