Athlon XP 1600+ vs Pentium G3260

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2255not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.36no data
Architecture codenameno dataThoroughbred (2001−2002)
Release date1 January 2015 (9 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed3.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cache3 MB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data150 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data37 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ 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
SocketFCLGA1150A
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt63 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Max video memory1.7 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.1/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3260 and Athlon XP 1600+.

PCIe versionUp to 3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Pentium G3260 2093
+1103%
Athlon XP 1600+ 174

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 22 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 63 Watt

Pentium G3260 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 718.2% more advanced lithography process, and 18.9% lower power consumption.

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