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.

 

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 3275 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)