Athlon XP 2200+ vs Atom 330

Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Diamondville (2008−2009)	Thorton (2001−2003)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43	$85

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+ 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	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	51.9276 mm2	80 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	94 Million	63 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+ 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	A
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+ 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 Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+ are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Athlon XP 2200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

8 GB

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	68 Watt

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