Athlon 64 2600+ vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 516 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) | Lima (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 19 April 2022 (2 years ago) | January 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $76 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+ 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4.7 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 208 mm2 | 77 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 122 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+ 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 | FP7 | AM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U outperforms Athlon 64 2600+ by 8481% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 8 | 1 |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 65 nm |
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 2600+ is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon 64 2600+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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