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CPU History Tour (1999 - 2001)

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Second part of the CPU benchmark project. This time starting with early Pentium III and Athlon Classic and following the CPU development up to the end of 2001 when Pentium III-S, Pentium 4 and Athlon XP were the top.

Isolated power consumption of the CPU is measured directly on the 5V rail (or the P4 12V connector) of the PSU using shunt and two voltage meters. Most of the onboard components and even add-on PCI cards are powered from 5V rail in old computers. Therefore I used minimum possible configuration (no audio, no LAN, Matrox Mystique 220 instead of regular GPU) in order to measure power consumption of the CPU alone as accurately as possible. Of course this doesn't apply to platforms powered by additional 12V P4 connector. In this case measured power consists only of the actual CPU power consumption and losses of the VRM circuit.

The complete system (just the PC, without monitor) power consumption is measured using standard wall socket power meter. Values correspond to the full system configuration, as stated in the Test platforms chapter.




CPU Power Consumption – idle [W]


Athlon 1400 (SDR)
69.7
2 × Athlon XP 1600+
67.4
2 × Duron 1000
57.4
Athlon 1000
50.5
Athlon 1000 (PC 100)
48.4
Duron 1000 (SDR)
41.3
Duron 950
38.5
Duron 800
37.8
Athlon 900
36.0
Athlon 800
28.7
Athlon 700 (Thunderbird)
24.1
Athlon 700
23.3
Athlon 600
21.6
Pentium III-S 1400
21.6
Celeron 1300
20.7
Pentium 4 1.5 (RDRAM)
11.1
Pentium III 500
11.1
Pentium III 600EB
11.1
Pentium II 450
11.1
Pentium III 1000EB
11.1
C3 800A
11.0
Celeron 533A @ 800
11.0
Celeron 533A
11.0
Celeron 700
11.0
Pentium III 866
11.0
Pentium III 700
8.9
Celeron 533
7.8
2 × Pentium III 700
5.6
Pentium 4 1.3
5.6
Athlon 1400 (DDR)
0.0
Athlon XP 1600+
0.0
Duron 1000 (DDR)
0.0
2 × Pentium III Xeon 1000
0.0
Pentium 4 1.5 (SDR)
0.0
Pentium 4 1.5 (DDR)
0.0
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CPU Power Consumption – load (Cinebench R10) [W]


2 × Athlon XP 1600+
94.4
Athlon 1400 (SDR)
83.9
2 × Duron 1000
70.7
Athlon 1000
60.3
Athlon 1000 (PC 100)
58.8
Duron 1000 (SDR)
50.6
Athlon 900
47.4
Duron 950
46.9
Pentium 4 1.5 (RDRAM)
46.4
Duron 800
45.0
Pentium 4 1.3
38.4
Athlon 800
37.4
2 × Pentium III 700
35.8
Athlon 700 (Thunderbird)
30.7
Athlon 600
29.8
Athlon 700
29.2
Pentium III 1000EB
28.9
Pentium III 866
25.4
Celeron 533A @ 800
24.5
C3 800A
23.8
Celeron 1300
23.8
Pentium III 500
23.7
Pentium II 450
23.6
Celeron 700
23.5
Pentium III-S 1400
23.5
Pentium III 700
21.8
Pentium III 600EB
19.5
Celeron 533
19.2
Celeron 533A
18.5
Athlon 1400 (DDR)
0.0
Athlon XP 1600+
0.0
Duron 1000 (DDR)
0.0
2 × Pentium III Xeon 1000
0.0
Pentium 4 1.5 (SDR)
0.0
Pentium 4 1.5 (DDR)
0.0
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System Power Consumption – idle [W]


2 × Athlon XP 1600+
175
Athlon 1400 (SDR)
149
2 × Duron 1000
147
Athlon 1400 (DDR)
142
2 × Pentium III Xeon 1000
141
Athlon 1000 (PC 100)
127
Athlon 1000
127
Athlon XP 1600+
119
Athlon 900
118
Duron 1000 (SDR)
118
Duron 800
113
Duron 950
113
Athlon 800
112
Duron 1000 (DDR)
111
Athlon 700
104
Athlon 700 (Thunderbird)
103
Athlon 600
98
Pentium 4 1.5 (RDRAM)
95
Pentium 4 1.3
93
Pentium III-S 1400
90
Celeron 1300
89
Pentium 4 1.5 (SDR)
88
Pentium 4 1.5 (DDR)
87
Pentium II 450
77
Pentium III 500
76
Pentium III 866
75
Pentium III 1000EB
74
Celeron 700
74
Celeron 533A @ 800
73
Celeron 533A
73
C3 800A
72
Pentium III 600EB
72
Celeron 533
72
Pentium III 700
71
2 × Pentium III 700
70
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System Power Consumption – load (Cinebench R10) [W]


2 × Athlon XP 1600+
222
2 × Pentium III Xeon 1000
184
2 × Duron 1000
174
Athlon 1400 (SDR)
173
Athlon 1400 (DDR)
165
Pentium 4 1.5 (SDR)
150
Pentium 4 1.5 (DDR)
148
Athlon 1000
146
Athlon 1000 (PC 100)
145
Athlon 900
140
Pentium 4 1.5 (RDRAM)
140
Athlon XP 1600+
138
Pentium 4 1.3
134
Duron 1000 (SDR)
132
Athlon 800
130
Duron 950
127
Duron 1000 (DDR)
124
Duron 800
123
Athlon 700 (Thunderbird)
120
Athlon 700
112
Athlon 600
109
2 × Pentium III 700
108
Pentium III 1000EB
106
Pentium II 450
99
Pentium III 500
99
Pentium III 866
98
Pentium III-S 1400
96
Celeron 533A @ 800
95
Celeron 1300
95
Celeron 533
93
Celeron 700
92
Pentium III 700
90
C3 800A
88
Pentium III 600EB
87
Celeron 533A
85
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