Athlon 64 2850e: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Athlon 64 2850e sales on August 2008. Based on a Lima architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 22 Watt and a maximum temperature of 65 °C. It supports DDR2 memory.

Primary details

Athlon 64 2850e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)
Threads1
Boost clock speed1.8 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache128Kof 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512Kof 98304 KB (EPYC 9654)
Chip lithography65 nmof 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size77 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors122 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 2850e compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM2
Power consumption (TDP)22 Wattof 400 Watt (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon 64 2850e's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 2850e. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


We have no data on Athlon 64 2850e benchmark results.


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