AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) vs AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) and AMD Athlon XP 1500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 126% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 180 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date April 2009 vs October 2001
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1500+

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Name AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) AMD Athlon XP 1500+
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14.5
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.125
PassMark - Single thread mark 251
PassMark - CPU mark 167

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Palomino
Launch date April 2009 October 2001
Place in performance rating 3269 3271
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 150 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 256 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 180 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 1.33 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 758 million 63 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 60 Watt