Athlon 1100 vs Ryzen 5 8500G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency19.95no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix2 (2024)Thunderbird B (2000−2001)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)14 August 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$853

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads121
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5 GHz1.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography4 nm180 nm
Die size137 mm2120 mm2
Number of transistors20,900 million37 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100 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
SocketAM5A
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 740MOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes14no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2024 14 August 2000
Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 1
Chip lithography 4 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 60 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has an age advantage of 23 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 4400% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 1100, on the other hand, has 8.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8500G and Athlon 1100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 8500G is a notebook processor while Athlon 1100 is a desktop one.


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