Xeon Phi 7290 vs Athlon 800

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date20 December 1999 (25 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads1288
Base clock speedno data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz1.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB32 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million8,000 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketA3647
Power consumption (TDP)43 Watt245 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 December 1999 20 June 2016
Physical cores 1 72
Threads 1 288
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 245 Watt

Athlon 800 has 469.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7290, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 7100% more physical cores and 28700% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 800 and Xeon Phi 7290. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 800 is a desktop processor while Xeon Phi 7290 is a server/workstation one.


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