Athlon 850 vs Celeron B830

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron B830 and Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2852not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency1.46no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86$849

Detailed specifications

Celeron B830 and Athlon 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz0.85 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size131 mm2102 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors504 million22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B830 and Athlon 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988A
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B830 and Athlon 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Celeron B830 and Athlon 850 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B830 and Athlon 850 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B830 and Athlon 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsN/A
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B830 and Athlon 850 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B830 and Athlon 850.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2012 11 February 2000
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Celeron B830 has an age advantage of 12 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron B830 and Athlon 850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron B830 is a notebook processor while Athlon 850 is a desktop one.


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