Intel Pentium 4 531 vs AMD Athlon XP 1500+ |
Released April, 2004
Intel Pentium 4 531
- 3 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium 4 531
 | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz | | Much more l2 cache 1 MB |
| | Much newer manufacturing process 90 nm | | More threads 2 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 1.33 GHz | More than 2.2x higher clock speed | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 1 MB | vs | 0.25 MB | 4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 90 nm | vs | 130 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More threads | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the AMD Athlon XP 1500+ vs the Intel Pentium 4 531. | |||||||
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Features Key features of the Pentium 4 531 vs Athlon XP 1500+
clock speed
L2 cache
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 4 531 | vs | Athlon XP 1500+ |
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| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.33 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| 462 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
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details | Pentium 4 531 | vs | Athlon XP 1500+ |
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| Threads | 2 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 0.25 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 130 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 68.25W | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 800 MHz | 266 MHz | |
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