Intel Atom 230 vs AMD Athlon XP 2500+

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom 230 and AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom 230

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 17x lower typical power consumption: 4 Watt vs 68 Watt
Launch date 1 March 2008 vs February 2003
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 4 Watt vs 68 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2500+

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 1.83 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 353 vs 185
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 231 vs 169
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 1.83 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 353 vs 185
PassMark - CPU mark 231 vs 169

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom 230
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2500+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
185
353
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
169
231
Name Intel Atom 230 AMD Athlon XP 2500+
PassMark - Single thread mark 185 353
PassMark - CPU mark 169 231
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 436
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 552

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom 230 AMD Athlon XP 2500+

Essentials

Architecture codename Diamondville Barton
Launch date 1 March 2008 February 2003
Place in performance rating 3220 3199
Processor Number 230
Series Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.60 GHz
Bus Speed 533 MHz FSB
Die size 26 mm2 101 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 533 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 85.2°C
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz 1.83 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 47 million 63 million
VID voltage range 0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 22mm x 22mm
Sockets supported PBGA437 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 4 Watt 68 Watt

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)