Phenom II X2 X640 BE vs Ryzen 5 8500G

Place in the ranking	547	2469
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	19.93	2.10
Architecture codename	Phoenix2 (2024)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	12 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	4 nm	45 nm
Die size	137 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	20,900 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 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	no data
Socket	AM5	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE1-3A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 BE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 740M

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 BE.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	14	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.70	1.00
Recency	8 January 2024	12 May 2011
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	4 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Ryzen 5 8500G has a 1270% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X2 X640 BE, on the other hand, has 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 8500G is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X2 X640 BE in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 8500G and Phenom II X2 X640 BE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.