Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. 64 Bit Power In A Notebook: Mobile Athlon64 3000+
- 2. The Mobile Athlon64 Lined Up Against The Desktop Athlon64 And The Competition
- 3. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet
- 4. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet, Continued
- 5. A Large L2 Cache Isn't All Roses
- 6. Test Setup: Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD
- 7. The Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD In Images
- 8. Benchmarks
- 9. For Reference: Dell Inspiron 8600
- 10. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 11. SisoftSandra 2003 Max3, Continued
- 12. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 13. Application Benchmarks
- 14. Raytracing: POV-Ray For Windows
- 15. System Performance: Sysmark 2002
- 16. Battery Tests
- 17. Games Performance
- 18. DirectX 8: Unreal Tournament 2003
- 19. OpenGL: Quake III Team Arena
- 20. DirectX9: Aquamark 3
- 21. DirectX 8: Splintercell
- 22. Is 800 MHz Enough To Play On?
- 23. Conclusion
- 24. More on this topic
2. The Mobile Athlon64 Lined Up Against The Desktop Athlon64 And The Competition
Like its predecessor the Athlon XP-M, the Mobile Athlon64 is a desktop CPU derivative.
The Desktop Athlon64 and its mobile counterpart are based on the same chip design. The distinction begins with post-production testing and validation and the packaging. The top model in the Mobile Athlon64 range is the 3200+ with a core clock speed of 2 GHz.
| AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.00 GHz) | AMD Athlon 64 mobile 3200+ (2.00 GHz) | AMD Athlon 64 mobile 3000+ (1.80 GHz) | Intel Pentium-M 1.70 GHz | Intel Pentium4-M 2.6 GHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor Frequency | 2.00 GHz/ 800 MHz | 2.00 GHz/ 800 MHz | 1.80 GHz/ 800 MHz | 1.70 GHz/ 600 MHz | 2.60 GHz/ 1.20 GHz |
| Package Type | Pin Lidded O-Micro-PGA | Pin Lidless O-Micro-PGA | Pin Lidless O-Micro-PGA | Micro-FCPGA | Micro-FCPGA |
| Transistors | 105.9 Mio. | 105.9 Mio. | 105.9 Mio. | 77 Mio. | 55 Mio |
| FSB Speed | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| L1-Cache | 64 kB/64 kB | 64 kB/64 kB | 64 kB/64 kB | 32 kB/32 kB | 12Kmicro-Ops/8 kB |
| L2- Cache | 1024 kB | 1024 kB | 1024 kB | 1024 kB | 512 kB |
| L2 Cache Speed | 2.00 GHz | 2.00 GHz | 1.80 GHz | 1.70 GHz | 2.60 GHz |
| Bus/ Core Ratio | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| Core Voltage | 1.50 V/ 1.30 V | 1.50 V/ 1.10 V | 1.50 V/ 1.10 V | 1.484 V/ 0.956 V | 1.30 V/ 1.20 V |
| Thermal Design Power | 89 W/ 35 W | 81.5 W/ 19 W | 81.5 W/ 19 W | 24.5 W/ 6 W | 35 W / 20.8 W |
| Manufacturing process | 0.13 micron | 0.13 micron | 0.13 micron | 0.13 micron | 0.13 micron |
| Die Size | 1406 mm² (size of heatspreader) | 193 mm² | 193 mm² | 83 mm² | 132 mm² |
Desktop and Mobile Athlon64 models charted against the competition from Intel
While the Mobile Athlon64 also has its home in the Socket 754, unlike the Desktop CPU, it does not have a heat spreader. Both variants have various safety mechanisms that protect the die from overheating and causing irreparable damage if the cooling system develops a defect. On the hardware front, the processor has an emergency shutdown triggered by the THERMTRIP# signal. The processor uses this mechanism to protect itself from heat damage by simply switching off when a certain die temperature is reached. The Mobile Athlon64, meanwhile, has "throttling" skills. Put simply, this means that single CPU speeds are omitted, leading to the sum result of a lower CPU frequency that ensures the die stays cool. Needless to say, in the case of thermal throttling, processor performance is also cut back.
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