AMD Athlon MP 1600+: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Athlon MP 1600+ sales 15 October 2001 at a recommended price of $210. This is a K7 architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 180 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 62.8 Watt.

Primary details

Athlon MP 1600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Series	AMD Athlon MP
Architecture codename	K7 (2000−2004)
Release date	15 October 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$210	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus type	FSB
Bus rate	266 MT/s
Multiplier	10.5	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	256 KB	of 98304 KB (EPYC 9654)
Chip lithography	180 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size	128 mm2
Number of transistors	38 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon MP 1600+ compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Power consumption (TDP)	62.8 Watt	of 462 Watt (Xeon w9-3595X)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon MP 1600+'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Maximum memory size

4 GB

of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon MP 1600+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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