Athlon XP 2800+ vs Pentium D 915

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+ 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 segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Barton (2001−2004)
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+ 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.25 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per die)512K
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm130 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2101 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 million63 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+ 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
SocketLGA775,PLGA775A
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt74 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+ 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 Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 915 and Athlon XP 2800+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium D 915 465
+78.8%
Athlon XP 2800+ 260

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 74 Watt

Pentium D 915 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon XP 2800+, on the other hand, has 28.4% lower power consumption.

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