Intel Atom D2550 vs AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2550 and AMD Athlon XP 1500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Atom D2550

AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2550

CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 40% higher clock speed: 1.86 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 180 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
6x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 322 vs 251
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 409 vs 167

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs October 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	1.86 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 180 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	322 vs 251
PassMark - CPU mark	409 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2550
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1500+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

322

251

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

409

167

Name	Intel Atom D2550	AMD Athlon XP 1500+
PassMark - Single thread mark	322	251
PassMark - CPU mark	409	167
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	95
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	271

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom D2550	AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cedarview	Palomino
Launch date	5 January 2012	October 2001
Place in performance rating	3278	3271
Processor Number	D2550
Series	Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.86 GHz
Die size	66 mm	150 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	180 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C
Maximum frequency	1.86 GHz	1.33 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	176 million	63 million
VID voltage range	0.91V -1.21V
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	640 MHz
Processor graphics	Integrated
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	22mm X 22 mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA559	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	60 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	4
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Itanium (VT-i)