Athlon XP 2100+ vs Pentium G620

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2530not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.43no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Thoroughbred (2001−2002)
Release date22 May 2011 (13 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data
Current price$73 (1.2x MSRP)$50

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ 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 speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.73 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size131 mm2150 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million37 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ 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
SocketFCLGA1155A
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt72 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+no data
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ 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 G620 and Athlon XP 2100+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+.

PCIe version2.0no 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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium G620 1211
+477%
Athlon XP 2100+ 210

Pentium G620 outperforms Athlon XP 2100+ by 477% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 72 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium G620 and Athlon XP 2100+. We've got no test results to judge.


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