Differences between 65xx, 65Cxx and 65SCxx microprocessors
| Part number | Technology | Memory (KB) | New instructions | New addressing modes | On-chip clock oscillator | Package | Signals |
| 6502 | NMOS | 64 | | | Y | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO SYNC RDY |
| 6503 | NMOS | 4 | | | Y | 28-pin | IRQ NMI |
| 6504 | NMOS | 8 | | | Y | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 6505 | NMOS | 4 | | | Y | 28-pin | IRQ RDY |
| 6506 | NMOS | 4 | | | Y | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 6507 | NMOS | 8 | | | Y | 28-pin | RDY |
| 6512 | NMOS | 64 | | | N | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO DBE SYNC RDY |
| 6513 | NMOS | 4 | | | N | 28-pin | IRQ NMI |
| 6514 | NMOS | 8 | | | N | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 6515 | NMOS | 4 | | | N | 28-pin | IRQ RDY |
| 65C02 | CMOS | 64 | 12 | 2 | Y | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO SYNC RDY |
| 65C102 | CMOS | 64 | 12 | 2 | Y | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO BE SYNC RDY ML PH4 |
| 65C112 | CMOS | 64 | 12 | 2 | N | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO BE SYNC RDY ML |
| 65SC02 | CMOS | 64 | 8 | 2 | Y | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO SYNC RDY |
| 65SC03 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ NMI |
| 65SC04 | CMOS | 8 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 65SC05 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ RDY |
| 65SC06 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 65SC07 | CMOS | 8 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | RDY |
| 65SC12 | CMOS | 64 | 8 | 2 | N | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO DBE SYNC |
| 65SC13 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ NMI |
| 65SC14 | CMOS | 8 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ |
| 65SC15 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ RDY |
| 65SC102 | CMOS | 64 | 8 | 2 | Y | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO BE SYNC RDY ML PH4 |
| 65SC103 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ NMI PH4 |
| 65SC104 | CMOS | 8 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ PH4 |
| 65SC105 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ RDY PH4 |
| 65SC106 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ PH4 |
| 65SC107 | CMOS | 8 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | RDY PH4 |
| 65SC112 | CMOS | 64 | 8 | 2 | N | 40-pin | IRQ NMI SO BE SYNC RDY ML |
| 65SC115 | CMOS | 4 | 8 | 2 | N | 28-pin | IRQ RDY ML |
The list of differences is not complete. CMOS 65Cxx and 65SCxx CPUs
also differ from NMOS 65xx microprocessors in a way how they handle
certain conditions or instructions, such as CPU reset, execution of
invalid op-codes, etc.
Signal abbreviations:
BE - Bus Enable
DBE - Data bus enable
PH4 - Phase 4
IRQ - Interrupt request
ML - Memory lock
NMI - Non-maskable interrupt
RDY - Ready
SO - Set overflow
SYNC - Synchronize