Athlon 64 1500+ vs Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0

Primary details

Comparing Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 and Athlon 64 1500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesPowerPC G4no data
Architecture codename7447Venice (2004−2005)
Release dateno dataNovember 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 and Athlon 64 1500+ 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 speed1 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate133 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography180 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data84 mm2
Number of transistorsno data69 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 and Athlon 64 1500+ 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 data1
Socketno data754
Power consumption (TDP)no data9 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 180 nm 90 nm

Athlon 64 1500+ has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 and Athlon 64 1500+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 1500+ is a desktop one.


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Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.0
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