Athlon MP 1900+ vs Core 2 Quad Q9550

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Athlon MP 1900+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2147not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesCore 2 Quad (Desktop)AMD Athlon MP
Power efficiency1.47no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)K7 (2000−2004)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)12 December 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$319

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed2.83 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate1333 MHz266 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache12288 KB256 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data128 mm2
Number of transistorsno data38 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt66 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550 and Athlon MP 1900+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1,DDR2,DDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 66 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9550 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon MP 1900+, on the other hand, has 43.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9550 and Athlon MP 1900+. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9550 is a desktop processor while Athlon MP 1900+ is a server/workstation one.


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