Athlon XP 1600+: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon XP 1600+ sales on January 2001. Based on a Thoroughbred 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 63 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon XP 1600+ 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 | Thoroughbred (2001−2002) | |
| Release date | January 2001 (23 years ago) |
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 | |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 150 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 37 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon XP 1600+ 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) | 63 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon XP 1600+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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Recommended GPUs
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