Athlon X2 6500 BE vs Pentium 4 519

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 519 and Athlon X2 6500 BE 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	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Prescott (2001−2005)	Kuma (2008−2009)
Release date	December 2004 (19 years ago)	September 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 519 and Athlon X2 6500 BE 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Boost clock speed	3.06 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	109 mm2	285 mm2
Number of transistors	125 million	450 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 519 and Athlon X2 6500 BE 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	775	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	95 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 519 and Athlon X2 6500 BE are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 519 and Athlon X2 6500 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	95 Watt

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