AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) vs AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) and AMD Athlon XP 1700+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 (95W)

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 104% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.47 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
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date July 2009 vs January 2001
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 1.47 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 256 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1700+

  • Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Name AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 399
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1333
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
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 272
PassMark - CPU mark 176

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Thoroughbred
Launch date July 2009 January 2001
Place in performance rating 3251 3257
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 80 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 130 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 1.47 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 758 million 37 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 50 Watt