AMD Athlon 850 vs AMD Athlon 900
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 850 and AMD Athlon 900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 850
- Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 50 Watt
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 900
- Around 6% higher clock speed: 0.9 GHz vs 0.85 GHz
| Maximum frequency | 0.9 GHz vs 0.85 GHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Athlon 850 | AMD Athlon 900 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture codename | Thunderbird | Thunderbird |
| Launch date | June 2000 | June 2000 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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| 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 | 0.85 GHz | 0.9 GHz |
| Number of cores | 1 | 1 |
| Transistor count | 37 million | 37 million |
Memory |
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| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR1 |
Compatibility |
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| Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Sockets supported | A | A |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt | 50 Watt |