Athlon 850 vs Ryzen 7 1700X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	787	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.60	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	no data
Power efficiency	9.82	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date	2 March 2017 (7 years ago)	11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$849

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850 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	8 (Octa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	1
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	0.85 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	16384 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	192 mm2	102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	22 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	A
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA3	-
AVX	+	-
XFR	+	-
SenseMI	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR1
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon 850.

PCIe version	n/a	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 March 2017	11 February 2000
Physical cores	8	1
Threads	16	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt

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