Athlon X2 6500 BE: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon X2 6500 BE sales on September 2008. Based on a Kuma architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 2300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon X2 6500 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Desktop processor | |
Architecture codename | Kuma (2008−2009) | |
Release date | September 2008 (15 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
Threads | 2 | |
Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
Die size | 285 mm2 | |
Number of transistors | 450 million | of 92000 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
64 bit support | + | |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
Unlocked multiplier | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 6500 BE 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 | AM2+ | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
AMD-V | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon X2 6500 BE. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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