Athlon 850 vs V-Series V120

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Primary details

Comparing V-Series V120 and Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD V-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$849

Detailed specifications

V-Series V120 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz0.85 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistorsno data22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on V-Series V120 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1A
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by V-Series V120 and Athlon 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by V-Series V120 and Athlon 850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by V-Series V120 and Athlon 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 11 February 2000
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 45 Watt

V-Series V120 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between V-Series V120 and Athlon 850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that V-Series V120 is a notebook processor while Athlon 850 is a desktop one.


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AMD V-Series V120
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