Athlon 850: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon 850 sales 11 February 2000 at a recommended price of $849. Based on a Thunderbird architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 180 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 850 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket A processor with a TDP of 45 Watt and a maximum temperature of 70 °C. It supports DDR1 memory.
Primary details
Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Thunderbird (1999−2000) | |
| Release date | 11 February 2000 (24 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $849 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 0.85 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 102 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 22 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 850 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | A | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon 850's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Athlon 850.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
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