AMD Athlon 1400 (C): specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Athlon 1400 (C) sales 6 June 2001 at a recommended price of $253. Based on a Thunderbird C architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 180 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket A processor with a TDP of 72 Watt. It supports DDR1 Depends on motherboard memory.

Primary details

Athlon 1400 (C) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Thunderbird C (2000−2001)
Release date	6 June 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$253	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	256 KB
Chip lithography	180 nm	of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size	120 mm2
Number of transistors	37 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 1400 (C) compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	A
Power consumption (TDP)	72 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon 1400 (C)'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Athlon 1400 (C).

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 1400 (C). Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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