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AMD Athlon™ XP Processor Features and Benefits
| Features and Benefits |
AMD
Athlon™ XP |
Pentium®
4 |
| Model number or clock frequency |
1800+, 1700+
1600+, 1500+ |
2.0GHz,
1.9GHz
1.8GHz, 1.7GHz
and below |
What does model number (e.g. 1800+) mean?
- Higher AMD model numbers indicate greater AMD processor performance
|
Quantispeed™
architecture®
- Optimum balance between work per clock cycle and operating
frequency
- The AMD Athlon™ XP processor 1800+ with QuantiSpeed™
architecture outperforms competitive processors operating
at 1.8 GHz on industry standard benchmarks
|
Yes |
No |
Operations per clock cycle- More operations per clock cycle deliver faster software execution
|
9 |
6 |
Total effective, on-chip, full-speed cache- Level 1 [LI] + Level 2 [L2]
- Larger on-chip cache helps loading and switching between applications
|
384K |
256K |
3D
and multimedia software optimization
- Enables more lifelike 3D imagine and graphics, and 52
new instructions extend the capability of AMD's 3DNow!™
technology to more software than any other processor
| 3DNow!™
Professional technology
(with 52 new instructions |
SSE2 |
System bus speed- Matched with the same speed of memory, a faster bus can help boost overall system performance
|
266MHz |
400MHz |
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