Athlon XP 2500+ vs Phenom II X3 N830
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2671 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Barton (2001−2004) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | February 2003 (21 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 3 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.83 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | no data | 101 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 63 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 3 | 1 |
| Threads | 3 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Phenom II X3 N830 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 94.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 N830 and Athlon XP 2500+. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Phenom II X3 N830 is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 2500+ is a desktop one.
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