Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) vs Athlon XP 2400+

Place in the ranking	3324	1626
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.21	3.12
Architecture codename	Thorton (2001−2003)	Thuban (2010)
Release date	August 2002 (22 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$90	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	1	6
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	130 nm	45 nm
Die size	80 mm²	346 mm²
Number of transistors	63 million	904 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	A	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	68 Watt	95 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W).

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon XP 2400+ 0.15

Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 3.13
+1987%

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.

Athlon XP 2400+ 234

Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 4965
+2022%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.15	3.13
Physical cores	1	6
Threads	1	6
Chip lithography	130 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	68 Watt	95 Watt

Athlon XP 2400+ has 39.7% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X6 1055T (95W), on the other hand, has a 1986.7% higher aggregate performance score, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon XP 2400+ in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon XP 2400+ and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W), ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.