Duron 850 vs Athlon 800

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 800 and Duron 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Duron
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Spitfire (2000−2001)
Release date20 December 1999 (25 years ago)8 January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799$149

Detailed specifications

Athlon 800 and Duron 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz0.85 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data200 MT/s
Multiplierno data8.5
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB64 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography180 nm180 nm
Die size102 mm2105.68 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million25 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 800 and Duron 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAA
Power consumption (TDP)43 Watt37 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 800 and Duron 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR1 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 December 1999 8 January 2001
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 37 Watt

Duron 850 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 16.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 800 and Duron 850. We've got no test results to judge.


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