K6-2/500AFX vs Mobile Pentium III 500
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD K6-2 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Coppermine (1999−2001) | K6-2 (1998−1999) |
| Release date | 25 October 1999 (25 years ago) | 26 February 1999 (26 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $530 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Mobile Pentium III 500 and K6-2/500AFX 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 0.5 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 99.99 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 5 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 0.25 µm |
| Die size | 106 mm2 | 81 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 28 million | 9 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Mobile Pentium III 500 and K6-2/500AFX 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 | no data |
| Socket | 495 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Pentium III 500 and K6-2/500AFX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 October 1999 | 26 February 1999 |
Mobile Pentium III 500 has an age advantage of 7 months.
We couldn't decide between Intel Mobile Pentium III 500 and AMD K6-2/500AFX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobile Pentium III 500 is a notebook processor while K6-2/500AFX is a desktop one.
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