Athlon 950 vs Athlon 750

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 750 and Athlon 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date29 November 1999 (24 years ago)6 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$999

Detailed specifications

Athlon 750 and Athlon 950 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)
Threads11
Boost clock speed0.75 GHz0.95 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography180 nm180 nm
Die size102 mm2102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °C70 °C
Number of transistors22 million22 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 750 and Athlon 950 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
SocketAA
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt62 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 750 and Athlon 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 1999 6 March 2000
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 62 Watt

Athlon 750 has 77.1% lower power consumption.

Athlon 950, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 750 and Athlon 950. We've got no test results to judge.


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