AMD Phenom II X4 810 vs AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 810 and AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 810

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1047 vs 511
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2003 vs 438
Specifications (specs)
Launch date February 2009 vs April 2004
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1047 vs 511
PassMark - CPU mark 2003 vs 438

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2800+

  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 810
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1047
511
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2003
438
Name AMD Phenom II X4 810 AMD Athlon 64 2800+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1047 511
PassMark - CPU mark 2003 438
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 352
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.432

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 810 AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb NewCastle
Launch date February 2009 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $116 $100
Place in performance rating 2984 2974
Price now $115.99 $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.94 1.29
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 144 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 758 million 69 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 89 Watt