Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Athlon X2 6500 BE

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated495
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiencyno data48.77
Architecture codenameKuma (2008−2009)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release dateSeptember 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data54 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die size285 mm2no data
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM2+FP8
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataUSB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 880M

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 28 Watt

Athlon X2 6500 BE has -87.5% more threads.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 239.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 6500 BE and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X2 6500 BE is a desktop processor while Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is a notebook one.


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