Athlon II X4 651K vs A8-5600K
Primary details
Comparing A8-5600K and Athlon II X4 651K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1975 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD A-Series (Desktop) | no data |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Llano (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 26 September 2012 (11 years ago) | 14 November 2011 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A8-5600K and Athlon II X4 651K 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 228 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1303 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-5600K and Athlon II X4 651K 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FM2 | FM1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and Athlon II X4 651K are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and Athlon II X4 651K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7560D | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 September 2012 | 14 November 2011 |
A8-5600K has an age advantage of 10 months.
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