Ryzen 5 6600HS vs Athlon 800

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data32.31
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date20 December 1999 (24 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm6 nm
Die size102 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS 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
SocketAFP7
Power consumption (TDP)43 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon 660M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 6600HS has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 2900% more advanced lithography process, and 22.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 800 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 800 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 6600HS is a notebook one.


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