A8-6500: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started A8-6500 sales 1 June 2013. This is a Richland architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32nm SOI manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FM2 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 71 °C. It supports DDR3-1866 memory.

Primary details

A8-6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	2027
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.59	of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	192 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	4096 KB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	0 KB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors	1,178 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A8-6500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
FMA	FMA4
AVX	AVX
PowerNow	+
PowerGating	+
VirusProtect	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V	+
IOMMU 2.0	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-6500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-6500.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8570D
จำนวนพาธไลน์	256
Enduro	+
Switchable graphics	+
UVD	+
VCE	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6500's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort	+
HDMI	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6500's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

2.0

of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-6500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

A8-6500's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.

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