Athlon 850 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking780not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency9.77no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$849

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads161
Base clock speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz0.85 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm180 nm
Die size192 mm2102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4A
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

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

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR1
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-N/A

Peripherals

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

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2017 11 February 2000
Physical cores 8 1
Threads 16 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has an age advantage of 17 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 850, on the other hand, has 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Athlon 850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 850 is a desktop one.


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