Athlon MP 1500+ vs Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 1500+ 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	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	AMD Athlon MP
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	K7 (2000−2004)
Release date	29 April 2019 (5 years ago)	15 October 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$180

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	1
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	1.33 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	266 MT/s
Multiplier	37	10
L1 cache	768 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	12 nm	180 nm
Die size	213 mm2	128 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	38 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Socket AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 1500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 1500+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 1500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Athlon MP 1500+.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 April 2019	15 October 2001
Physical cores	8	1
Threads	16	1
Chip lithography	12 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	60 Watt

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