Athlon 1333 vs Pentium G850

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2527	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.07	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.32	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Thunderbird C (2000−2001)
Release date	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)	21 March 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$27	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	1.33 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Die size	131 mm2	120 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	37 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	A
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	70 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G850 and Athlon 1333.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 May 2011	21 March 2001
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	70 Watt

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