Athlon 850 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX and Athlon 850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	56	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen Threadripper	no data
Power efficiency	14.19	no data
Architecture codename	Chagall PRO (2022)	Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date	8 March 2022 (2 years ago)	11 February 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$849

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 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 cores	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	48	1
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	0.85 GHz
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	1536 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	128 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	7 nm	180 nm
Die size	4x 81 mm2	102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	16,600 million	22 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	WRX8	A
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX and Athlon 850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX and Athlon 850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX and Athlon 850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR1
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX and Athlon 850.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	128	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 March 2022	11 February 2000
Physical cores	24	1
Threads	48	1
Chip lithography	7 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

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