AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2600

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
786432x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2245 vs 1575
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13201 vs 3366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 April 2018 vs Jul 2015
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
L1 cache	576 KB vs 256K
L2 cache	3 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2245 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	13201 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

2245

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

13201

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	2245
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	13201
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		974
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5321
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		46.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.922

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri	Zen+
Launch date	Jul 2015	19 April 2018
Place in performance rating	1514	1504
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN PIB		YD2600BBAFBOX
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$159.99
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100)		24.89
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Die size	245 mm²	213 mm
L1 cache	256K	576 KB
L2 cache	4MB	3 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm FinFET
Maximum core temperature	90°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.9 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of threads	4	12
Transistor count	2,411 million	4940 Million
Unlocked
64 bit support
L3 cache		16 MB
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2933 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution		Wraith Stealth
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)