Athlon 850 vs A6-7000

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Primary details

Comparing A6-7000 and Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2778not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Kaverino data
Power efficiency3.56no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$849

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 and Athlon 850 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz0.85 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1024 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistorsno data22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Athlon 850 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFT3A
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Athlon 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Athlon 850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Athlon 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R4 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count3no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Athlon 850 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Athlon 850 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Athlon 850.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2014 11 February 2000
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 45 Watt

A6-7000 has an age advantage of 14 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 164.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A6-7000 and Athlon 850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A6-7000 is a notebook processor while Athlon 850 is a desktop one.


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