Atom C3850 vs Ryzen 5 8600G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking415not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.97no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency23.27no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$323

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed4.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz2.4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)672 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)12 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)12 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM5FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory sizeno data256 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 760Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850.

PCIe version4.03
PCI Express lanes2016
USB revisionno data3
Total number of SATA portsno data16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data16
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data2x10/2.5/1 GBE

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 15 August 2017
Physical cores 6 12
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 8600G has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

Atom C3850, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8600G and Atom C3850. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 8600G is a desktop processor while Atom C3850 is a server/workstation one.


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