AMD Athlon 800 vs AMD Athlon 850

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 800 and AMD Athlon 850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 800

  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 850

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 0.85 GHz vs 0.8 GHz
Maximum frequency 0.85 GHz vs 0.8 GHz

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 800 AMD Athlon 850

Essentials

Architecture codename Thunderbird Thunderbird
Launch date June 2000 June 2000
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Die size 120 mm 120 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 180 nm 180 nm
Maximum frequency 0.8 GHz 0.85 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 37 million 37 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1 DDR1

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported A A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 47 Watt