Athlon X4 850: specs and benchmarks

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Athlon X4 850
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.12

Athlon X4 850 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.12% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Athlon X4 850 sales on July 2015. This is a Godaveri architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FM2+ processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3-2133 memory.

Primary details

Athlon X4 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1878
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency3.09of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)
Release dateJuly 2015 (9 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.9 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache256Kof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size245 mm2
Number of transistors2,411 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFM2+
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+

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 X4 850's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon X4 850. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon X4 850 2.12

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon X4 850 3366

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Athlon X4 850's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-2500S 100.47
Athlon X4 850 100
Core i7-960 99.53
FX-4150 98.58

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon X4 850 is Core i3-4370T, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon X4 850:

Core i3-4150 100.94
Core i5-2500S 100.47
Athlon X4 850 100
Core i7-960 99.53
Core i3-4130 98.58

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