Athlon X4 850 vs Athlon 5150

Place in the ranking	2560	1875
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	3.28	3.07
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)	July 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	256K
L2 cache	2048 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	107 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM1	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3-2133
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	no data
Number of pipelines	128	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5150 and Athlon X4 850.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 5150 0.87

Athlon X4 850 2.12
+144%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 5150 1388

Athlon X4 850 3366
+143%