AMD Athlon 500: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Athlon 500 sales 23 June 1999 at a recommended price of $342. Based on an Argon architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Slot A processor with a TDP of 38 Watt and a maximum temperature of 70 °C.

Primary details

Athlon 500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameArgon (1999)
Release date23 June 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$342of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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 cores1 (Single-Core)
Threads1
Boost clock speed0.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Die size184 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors22 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 500 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketAMD Slot A
Power consumption (TDP)38 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Athlon 500.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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