AMD Athlon 700

The AMD Athlon 700 is a desktop processor from AMD built on the K7 architecture under the Thunderbird codename. It belongs to the Athlon Model 4 (Thunderbird) generation and was released on 2000-06-04. The data set records the market segment as Desktop, the production status as end-of-life, and the series field as null. The part number is A0700AMT3BA0700APT3B. The CPU has 1 core and 1 thread, a base clock of 700.00 MHz, and no boost clock entry. It is manufactured on a 180 nm process with 37 million transistors on a 120 mm² die. Cache capacity is 128 KB at L1 and 256 KB at L2, with no L3 cache. The platform uses AMD Socket A, and memory support is DDR1; no memory bus width or bandwidth figures are recorded. ECC memory support is false. Integrated graphics are only available as a chipset feature on certain motherboards. The TDP is 40 W, and the multiplier is locked.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array for this processor is empty. No rival name, rival score, or deltaPct value is present in the record, so the usual head-to-head percentages cannot be derived from the data. The only positional indicator recorded is percentileVsAllCpus, set to 50.

A 50th percentile places the Athlon 700 at the midpoint of the database's CPU pool. The processor sits above 50% of all CPUs in the reference set and below the other 50%. That is a median rank, neither a leading nor a trailing placement. The 50th percentile is the central value of the reference pool. A percentile near the extremes would indicate a leading or trailing position; the midpoint is neutral by definition. In database terms, a part at the 50th percentile splits the distribution into equal halves, and the record provides no finer granularity.

Because the benchmarks array is empty and the avgBenchmarkScore is 0, the percentile is not accompanied by the raw scores that normally support it. In the absence of score data, the percentile operates as a standalone rank. The empty nearestRivals list reinforces that no nearby processor is flagged for side-by-side comparison. The null series field further limits grouping with sibling parts, so the comparison has to rely on the median percentile alone.

Power and Thermals

The thermal design power of the Athlon 700 is 40 W. That figure is the sustained heat envelope a cooling solution must remove under load. A 40 W envelope is modest, and the implied cooling tier is a capable air cooler rather than anything exotic in size or complexity. The data does not list a cooler package, so the 40 W figure is the only thermal requirement in the record.

The process-level data in the record consists of a 180 nm process node, 37 million transistors, and a 120 mm² die. These fabrication descriptors are the physical scale parameters for the chip. With no boost clock listed, the CPU's frequency profile consists solely of the 700.00 MHz base clock; there is no higher boost state that would impose an additional thermal load beyond the base design.

The socket field is AMD Socket A, which defines the cooler mounting platform. The foundry field is null, so no foundry-specific power characterization is available in the data. ECC memory support is false, and DDR1 is the only memory type listed; neither memory fact alters the 40 W TDP figure.

Single-Thread vs Multi-Thread Behavior

The Athlon 700 has 1 core and 1 thread. Every instruction must pass through that single hardware thread, and the data set records no additional core or thread to execute a parallel stream. An operating system may time-slice multiple processes onto the single thread, but hardware-level parallel execution is not part of this CPU's structure.

The clock data records 700.00 MHz as the base clock and leaves the boost clock field null. The 700.00 MHz value is therefore the only frequency in the record: it acts as both the operating frequency and the performance ceiling. For a single-threaded workload, performance comes from that fixed frequency plus the cache hierarchy.

Cache entries in the data set are L1 at 128 KB and L2 at 256 KB, with no L3 cache. Because no L3 is listed, data that misses the L2 cache has to be obtained from the DDR1 memory system. The memorySupport field records DDR1 as the only memory generation. The memoryBus and memoryBandwidth fields are both null, so the width or peak rate of the memory interface is not quantified. For a single-core part, the interaction between the fixed 700.00 MHz clock and the unquantified memory interface is a key unknown in the data.

The multiplierUnlocked field is false. This is a locked-multiplier part, and the data does not describe any ratio-based overclocking path. The result is a strictly sequential, fixed-frequency processor with no hardware threading beyond the single thread.

FAQ

Q: How many cores and threads does the AMD Athlon 700 have?

A: It has 1 core and 1 thread, making it a single-threaded processor.

Q: What is the clock speed and is there a boost clock?

A: The base clock is 700.00 MHz. No boost clock is recorded, so 700.00 MHz is the only frequency in the data.

Q: What are the cache sizes?

A: L1 cache is 128 KB, L2 cache is 256 KB, and no L3 cache is listed.

Q: What socket and memory type does it use?

A: It uses AMD Socket A and supports DDR1 memory. No memory bus width or bandwidth figures are listed.

Q: Does it have integrated graphics?

A: Not on the CPU itself. Integrated graphics are present only as a chipset feature on certain motherboards.

Q: Is the multiplier unlocked?

A: No. The multiplierUnlocked field is false.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmarks array for the Athlon 700 contains no entries. The avgBenchmarkScore field is 0, and because no individual benchmark scores are stored, no percentage lead or deficit against another CPU can be calculated from score data. The nearestRivals array is also empty; the rival name, rival score, and deltaPct value that normally populate such comparisons are all absent.

The single comparative statistic available is percentileVsAllCpus, with a value of 50. That value indicates a median position within the database's CPU ranking: the Athlon 700 is above 50% of all CPUs and below 50% of all CPUs. This is a positional statement rather than a points-based one; it says where the part sits, not by how much.

Because neither raw scores nor nearestRivals deltas exist, the percentile cannot be expanded into a precise percentage gap to any named CPU. The database has not identified a nearest rival for this part, so percentage-difference analysis is not possible from the record. The percentile field is computed over the database's entire CPU sample, but the data set does not disclose the size of that sample; without the sample size, a median rank cannot be converted into an absolute position such as a numbered rank out of the total.

The avgBenchmarkScore of 0 appears alongside an empty benchmarks list. With no score entries in the array, the 0 is a record-level default value rather than a measured performance result.

Who Should Consider It

Office-oriented workloads that run as a single sequential process match the Athlon 700's structure: 1 core, 1 thread, and a fixed 700.00 MHz clock. The 50th percentile rank places the processor in the middle of the database's CPU pool, consistent with a median-capability desktop part.

Gaming workloads are a mixed case. A game that keeps most of its work on one thread can use the entire core and the 128 KB L1 / 256 KB L2 cache. A game that spreads work across multiple threads will find no additional cores or threads in the data, because the CPU records only 1 core and 1 thread.

Creation workloads such as video rendering or compilation often depend on parallel execution. The Athlon 700 has no hardware parallelism to offer those tasks, and the locked multiplier removes ratio-based overclocking as a performance lever.

The platform profile is AMD Socket A, DDR1 memory, no ECC, no on-chip graphics, and integrated graphics only as a chipset feature on certain motherboards. Builders assembling a system around those exact platform characteristics are the audience suggested by the record. The end-of-life production status and 2000-06-04 release date anchor the part to a historical desktop context.

Anyone who needs an unlocked multiplier, multiple threads, or a listed L3 cache will not find those properties in this data. The Athlon 700 is a single-thread, fixed-clock CPU with a locked multiplier and a median percentile position.