AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) vs AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) and AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 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 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
- Around 96% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.53 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 June 2002 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 1.53 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 1800+
- Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 51 Watt vs 95 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Name | AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) | AMD Athlon XP 1800+ |
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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 | 301 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 195 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W) | AMD Athlon XP 1800+ | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Deneb | Thoroughbred |
Launch date | July 2009 | June 2002 |
Place in performance rating | 3251 | 3244 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | |
Price now | $58.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 1.50 | |
Performance |
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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 | 1.53 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 1 |
Transistor count | 758 million | 37 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | A |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 51 Watt |