Pentium 4 HT 641 vs Athlon XP 2500+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon XP 2500+ and Pentium 4 HT 641 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBarton (2001−2004)Cedar Mill (2006)
Release dateFebruary 2003 (21 year ago)January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon XP 2500+ and Pentium 4 HT 641 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB28 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm65 nm
Die size101 mm281 mm2
Number of transistors63 million188 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP 2500+ and Pentium 4 HT 641 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
SocketA775
Power consumption (TDP)68 Watt86 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP 2500+ and Pentium 4 HT 641. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 86 Watt

Athlon XP 2500+ has 26.5% lower power consumption.

Pentium 4 HT 641, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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