AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE and AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 104 Watt
Launch date April 2009 vs June 2005
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 104 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

Name AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE AMD Athlon 64 FX-57
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1554
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.833
PassMark - Single thread mark 552
PassMark - CPU mark 517

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

Essentials

Architecture codename Kuma San Diego
Launch date April 2009 June 2005
Place in performance rating 2878 2914
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 285 mm 115 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 450 million 114 million
Unlocked

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+ 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 104 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)