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.

AMD Athlon 850

AMD Athlon 850

vs

AMD Athlon 900

AMD Athlon 900

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
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	0.85 GHz	0.9 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)	47 Watt	50 Watt