Re: What is better Athlon XP or Athlon 64 ? Binary incompatibilities ?

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"Jason Stacy" <jjstacy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Which CPU needs less power and hence produces less heat:

Athlon XP or Athon 64 ?

Sorry for this newbie question: Are all programs which run on Athlon XP
able to run on Athlon 64 as well or are there binary incompatibilities ?

Jason
Power consumption, depends more on speed, and chip 'version'.
An XP 3200+, is rated at 76.8W, while the Venice core Athlon 64 3200+, is
rated at 67W. However, the Clawhammer, and Newcastle core A64 chips draw
more (89W).
The Athlon 64, has the extra 64bit instructions, but in 32bit mode, runs
identical code.

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