AMD Athlon XP 2600/2400+ — Introducing Thoroughbred Revision B
by Anand Lal Shimpion August 21, 2002 5:17 AM EST
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IndexA Modified Rating SystemA Modified CoreNo 333MHz FSB?Content Creation PerformanceMedia Encoding Performance3D Rendering Performance — 3ds max 53D Rendering Performance using SSE2Gaming Performance — Unreal Tournament 2003Gaming Performance (continued)High End Workstation Performance — SPEC Viewperf 7.0HE Workstation Continued & Final Words
Today is AMD’s big day; it is the third year anniversary of the Athlon processor
and to celebrate it, AMD is giving the Athlon XP some much needed attention.
AMD had been losing their grip on the performance crown to the point where
the Athlon XP was no longer a faster performer than the fastest Pentium 4, but
it was still a better value. The value proposition had been AMD’s game during
the days of the K5 and the K6, but just being a good value wasn’t enough for
the Athlon — especially not on its birthday.
Thus AMD took their very small Thoroughbred core and did what was necessary
to be able to release two new model numbers — the Athlon XP 2400+ and XP 2600+.
This launch was not supposed to happen for a while, but with Intel’s Pentium
4 2.80GHz due in a matter of days AMD felt it was necessary to one-up the giant.
In doing so, AMD actually mimicked Intel’s own actions a couple years ago.
Back when the original Athlon was the first to hit 1GHz, Intel pulled in the
launch of their 1GHz Pentium III to remain publicly competitive. Intel did this
despite the fact that their 1GHz CPUs had not entered mass production and only
a handful of samples were available, shipping to OEMs and the press of course.
Intel became known for perfecting the «paper-launch» with the Pentium
III, in response to overwhelming performance from AMD’s Athlon.
Perhaps with a similar goal in mind — to steal some of Intel’s thunder — AMD
is «releasing» their 2400+ and 2600+ CPUs well before they hit mass
production. The CPUs are sampling now but retail availability isn’t expected
until September with volume shipments occurring sometime between now and then.
With the logistics of AMD’s launch aside, they have done some very interesting
things in order to improve the competitiveness of the Athlon XP with these two
new parts.
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IndexA Modified Rating SystemA Modified CoreNo 333MHz FSB?Content Creation PerformanceMedia Encoding Performance3D Rendering Performance — 3ds max 53D Rendering Performance using SSE2Gaming Performance — Unreal Tournament 2003Gaming Performance (continued)High End Workstation Performance — SPEC Viewperf 7.0HE Workstation Continued & Final Words
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AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor review: CPU specs, performance benchmarks
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Athlon XP 2400+ processor released by AMD; release date: September 2003.
At the time of release, the processor cost $90. The processor is designed for desktop-computers and based on Thorton microarchitecture.
CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores — 1. Maximum CPU clock speed — 2 GHz. Manufacturing process technology — 130 nm. Cache size: L1 — 128 KB, L2 — 256 KB.
Supported socket types: A. Maximum number of processors in a configuration — 1. Power consumption (TDP): 68 Watt.
Benchmarks
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| PassMark — Single thread mark | 375 |
| PassMark — CPU mark | 234 |
Specifications (specs)
| Architecture codename | Thorton |
| Launch date | September 2003 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $90 |
| Place in performance rating | 2875 |
| Price now | $89. 99 |
| Value for money (0-100) | 1.18 |
| Vertical segment | Desktop |
| Die size | 80 mm |
| L1 cache | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm |
| Maximum frequency | 2 GHz |
| Number of cores | 1 |
| Transistor count | 63 million |
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| Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 |
| Sockets supported | A |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 68 Watt |
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 processor review: specifications, benchmark tests
The Athlon X2 BE-2400 processor was released by AMD, release date: October 2007.
The processor is designed for desktop computers and is based on the Brisbane architecture.
Processor locked for overclocking. The total number of cores is 2. The maximum clock frequency of the processor is 2.3 GHz. Technological process — 65 nm. Cache size: L1 — 256 KB, L2 — 512 KB.
Supported socket type: AM2. The maximum number of processors in the configuration is 1. Power consumption (TDP): 45 Watt.
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| PassMark — Single thread mark | 749 |
| PassMark — CPU mark | 674 |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection |
1.084 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation | 0.708 Frames/s |
Features
| Architecture name | Brisbane | |||||||||||
| Production date | October 2007 | |||||||||||
| Place in the ranking | 2816 | |||||||||||
| Applicability | Desktop | |||||||||||
| Support 64 bit | ||||||||||||
| Crystal area | 126mm | |||||||||||
| Level 1 cache | 256KB | |||||||||||
| Level 2 cache | 512KB | |||||||||||
| Process | 65nm | |||||||||||
| Maximum frequency | 2. 3 GHz |
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| Number of cores | 2 | |||||||||||
| Number of transistors | 154 million | |||||||||||
| Maximum number of processors in configuration | 1 | |||||||||||
| Supported sockets | AM2 | |||||||||||
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | |||||||||||
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This is a Barton architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread and is manufactured in 130 nm process technology, the maximum frequency is 1800 MHz, the multiplier is locked. | Place in the performance rating | does not participate |
Athlon XP-M 2400+ quantitative parameters such as number of cores and threads, clock speeds, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. They indirectly speak about the performance of the processor, but for an accurate assessment, you need to consider the results of the tests.
CompatibleInformation on Athlon XP-M 2400+ compatibility with other computer components. Useful, for example, when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. Please note that the power consumption of some processors can significantly exceed their nominal TDP even without overclocking. Some may even double their claims if the motherboard allows you to adjust the power settings of the processor. We don’t have any test results for the Athlon XP-M 2400+. Here are the most powerful video cards used with Athlon XP-M 2400+ according to user statistics: User rating
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