HD Graphics 520 vs Athlon 850

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 850 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel HD Graphics
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Gen9
Release date11 February 2000 (24 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$849no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 850 and HD Graphics 520 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 cores1 (Single-Core)no data
Threads1no data
Boost clock speed0.85 GHz0.35 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size102 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 850 and HD Graphics 520 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 configuration1no data
SocketAno data
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 850 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1no data
Maximum memory sizeno data32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics 520 has a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 850 and HD Graphics 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 850 is a desktop processor while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.


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