Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U vs Athlon X2 6500 BE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	562
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	no data	84.54
Architecture codename	Kuma (2008−2009)	Phoenix (Zen4) (2023)
Release date	September 2008 (16 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U 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	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	6 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Die size	285 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	450 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U 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	no data
Socket	AM2+	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 760M ( - 2600 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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