Athlon II M320 vs i5-6500TE

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1628	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.53	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency	8.13	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	19 October 2015 (9 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$192	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	3200 MHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	122 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	1151	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-
SIPP	+	-

Security technologies

Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR2
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 530

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon II M320.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 October 2015	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm

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