AMD K6-2/500AFX: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started K6-2/500AFX sales 26 February 1999. Based on a K6-2 architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 0.25 µm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 99 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Primary details
K6-2/500AFX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD K6-2 | |
| Architecture codename | K6-2 (1998−1999) | |
| Release date | 26 February 1999 (25 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 0.1 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | FSB | |
| Bus rate | 99.99 MT/s | |
| Multiplier | 5 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| Chip lithography | 0.25 µm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 81 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 9 Million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by K6-2/500AFX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
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