AMD A8-6500 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

A8-6500 vs Athlon II X4 651 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X4 651 performs better than the A8-6500. Despite this, the A8-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X4 651 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-6500 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 651. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.