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AMD Athlon64 FX53
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(Review by MS, July 1, 2004)

AMD Athlon64 3000+ At:

Current Monikers and Specs

CPU	Athlon64 FX-53	Athlon64 FX-53	Athlon64 3800+	Athlon64 3700+	Athlon64 3500+	Athlon64 3400+
Pin-Out	Socket 940	Socket 939	Socket 939	Socket 754	Socket 939	Socket 754
L2 Cache Size	1 MB		512 kB	1 MB	512 kB	512 kB
Clock Frequency	2.4 GHz		2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Memory Interface	128-bit (dual channel) Registered	128-bit (dual channel)	128-bit (dual channel)	64-bit	128-bit (dual channel)	64-bit
Transistor Count	105.9 Million		68.5 Million	105.9 Million	68.5 Million	68.5 Million
Die Size	193 mm²		144 mm²	193 mm²	144 mm²	144 mm²
Process Technology	130 nm
VID	1.5V

Keep in mind that the current model numbers do not necessarily correspond to the L2 size and freqency of older Athlon64 processors in that the new line of CPU generally substitutes a 1-up in multiplier for the 512 kB taken away from the L2 cache. Also, all current Athlon 64 based on the Sledge- or Clawhammer or else the Newcastle die will be replaced by the San Diego (FX series, 1MB L2) and Winchester (512 kB L2) die.

Test Configurations

Socket 939 AMD Athlon64 3800+ ASUS A8V (Rev 1.01) 2 x 512 MB Corsair CMX512-3200LL 2 x 512 MB OCZ PC3700 EB Platinum Edition.	Socket 940 AMD Athlon64 FX51/53 ASUS SK8V 2 x 512 MB Mushkin Registered PC3200 DDR	Socket 754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ / 3400+ ASUS K8V Deluxe 2 x 512 MB OCZ PC3700 EB Platinum Edition	Socket 478 Intel P4 (Northwood, Prescott, Galatin) < 3.4 GHz ASUS P4C800 Deluxe 2 x 512 MB Mushkin Level One PC3200 DDR
Common Hardware ATI RADEON 9800 Pro Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160 GB SATA * Pioneer 12 x DVDROM		OS and Drivers Microsoft WindowsXP Corporate Ed. Service Pack 1a ATI Catalyst 4.6 All chipset and platform drivers

* The same Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160 GB SATA HDD has been used in our test beds as the reference drive for the evaluation of benchmarks that are HDD dependent in order to eliminate the impact of HDD performance such as Sysmark 2004. In all cases, the C: partition (30 GB) was freshly formatted and the OS, along with Sysmark2004 was reinstalled to create equal conditions for all platforms.

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