Ryzen 5 2600E vs A8-6500B

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Primary details

Comparing A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2011not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency2.65no data
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)19 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache192K96K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2192 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8570D-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500B and Ryzen 5 2600E.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2013 19 September 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm

Ryzen 5 2600E has an age advantage of 5 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

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