AMD Athlon II

This article explains the AMD Athlon II desktop processor . For the mobile processor of the same name, see AMD Athlon II (Mobile) .

<<   AMD Athlon II
Production:	since 2009
Producers: AMD Globalfoundries TSMC
Processor clock:	1.6 GHz to 3.6 GHz
HT cycle:	2.0 GHz
L2 cache size:	1 MiB to 4 MiB
Instruction set :	x86 / AMD64
Microarchitecture :	K10 , AMD Bulldozer , AMD Jaguar
Base: Socket AM2 (only with BIOS update) Socket AM2 + Socket AM3 Socket FM1 Socket FM2 Socket AM1
Names of the processor cores: Regor Propus Rana Stars (Llano) Piledriver (Trinity, Richland) jaguar

The AMD Athlon II from AMD is a multi-core processor for desktop computers and a representative of the K10 or Bulldozer architecture (socket FM2). The first models have been available since June 2, 2009. Athlon II is the direct successor to the Athlon X2 processors .

The Athlon II processors for sockets AM2 (+), AM3 and FM1 are, like the Phenom II processors, representatives of the K10 architecture. Athlon II processors for the FM2 socket are representatives of the Bulldozer architecture and are based on the A10 APUs with deactivated graphics. They were presented in the 4th quarter of 2012.

Models

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Regor

Unlike the Phenom II X2, the Athlon II X2 processor based on the Regor design does not have an L3 cache, but the L2 cache per CPU core is twice as large as the Phenom II X2. In a few models based on Regor , the L2 cache is again half deactivated. In addition, Regor with a deactivated core is used as a so-called Sargas in current Sempron models.

• Sales name: Athlon II X2
• Dual core processor
• Revision: C2, C3
• L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions), 2-fold associative
• L2 cache: 1024 kB per core with processor clock, 16-fold associative, half deactivated on some models
• MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSE4a , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V
• HyperTransport 3.0 with 1600 MHz (HT3200) to 2000 MHz (HT4000)
• Socket AM2 + , DDR2 memory controller: Dual Channel , support up to DDR2 -1066
• Socket AM3 , DDR3 memory controller: Dual Channel support up to DDR3 -1333
• Manufacturing technology: 45 nm ( SOI ), immersion lithography
• The size: 117.5 mm²
• Number of transistors: 234 million
• Clock frequencies: 1.6-3.6 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X2 215 to 280

Propus

In contrast to Deneb, the L3 cache was deactivated for processors based on the Propus design .

• Sales name: Athlon II X4 , on some models Phenom II X4
• Quad-core processor
• Revision: C2, C3
• L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions), 2-fold associative
• L2 cache: 512 kB per core with processor clock, 16-fold associative
• MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSE4a , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V
• HyperTransport 3.0 with 2000 MHz (HT4000)
• Socket AM2 + , DDR2 memory controller: Dual Channel , support up to DDR2 -1066
• Socket AM3 , DDR3 memory controller: Dual Channel support up to DDR3 -1333
• Manufacturing technology: 45 nm ( SOI ), immersion lithography
• The size: 169 mm²
• Number of transistors: 300 million
• Clock frequencies: 2.2-3.3 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X4 600e to 645 and Phenom II X4 840 and 850

Rana

If a complete core and associated caches are deactivated in the Propus design, the three-core processor Rana is created .

• Sales name: Athlon II X3
• Tri-core processor
• Revision: C2, C3
• L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions), 2-fold associative
• L2 cache: 512 kB per core with processor clock, 16-fold associative
• MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSE4a , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 2.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V
• HyperTransport 3.0 with 2000 MHz (HT4000)
• Socket AM2 + , DDR2 memory controller: Dual Channel , support up to DDR2 -1066
• Socket AM3 , DDR3 memory controller: Dual Channel support up to DDR3 -1333
• Manufacturing technology: 45 nm ( SOI ), immersion lithography
• The size: 169 mm²
• Number of transistors: 300 million
• Clock frequencies: 2.2-3.4 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X3 400e to 460

Stars (Llano)

Processors based on the Stars design, in contrast to processors based on Propus, have not only integrated the memory controller, but the complete Northbridge including the PCIe controller on the processor chip. Accordingly, there is only one southbridge on the mainboard , which, as usual with AMD, is addressed with a Unified Media Interface (UMI), UMI is based on PCI Express .

• Sales name: Athlon II X4
• Quad-core processor
• Revision: B0
• L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
• L2 cache: 1024 kB per core with processor clock
• MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSE4a , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V
• Integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and PCIe 2.0 controller with 16 lanes
• Socket FM1 , UMI with 5 GT / s
• Manufacturing technology: 32 nm ( SOI ), immersion lithography
• Power dissipation ( TDP ): 100 W.
• Release DATE: September 2011
• Clock frequencies: 2.6-3.0 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X4 631, 641 and 651

Piledriver (Trinity, Richland)

In contrast to processors based on Llano, Athlon II processors for the FM2 socket are based on the Bulldozer architecture instead of the K10 architecture. As with Llano, the northbridge and PCIe controller are also located on the processor chip. The Southbridge is addressed via the UMI (Unified Media Interface).

• Sales name: Athlon II
• Quad-core processor
• Revision: TN-A1, RL-A1
• L1 cache: 16 + 64 KiB data per core + 64 KiB instructions per module
• L2 cache: 2048 kB per module with processor clock
• MMX , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSSE3 , SSE4a , SSE4.2 , AVX , AES , FMA3 , FMA4 , XOP , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V , Turbo Core 3.0
• Integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller (support up to DDR3-1866) and PCIe 2.0 controller with 16 lanes
• Socket FM2 , UMI with 5 GT / s
• Manufacturing technology: 32 nm ( SOI ), immersion lithography
• Power dissipation ( TDP ): 100 W.
• Release date: 4th quarter 2012
• Clock frequencies: 3.2-3.8 GHz
• Models: Athlon II 740, 750k and 760k

Jaguar (Kabini)

Athlon processors for the AM1 socket are based on the Jaguar x86 microarchitecture, which was introduced by AMD in 2013. The processors are designed as SoC, so that no north or south bridge is required on the mainboard.

• Sales name: Athlon
• Quad-core processor
• Revision: KB-A1
• L1 cache: 32 + 32 KiB per core (data + instructions)
• L2 cache: 2048 KiB with processor clock, shared, 16-fold associative
• MMX , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSSE3 , SSE4a , SSE4.1 , SSE4.2 , AVX , AES , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, NX-Bit , AMD-V
• Integrated DDR3 memory controller (support up to DDR3-1600) and PCIe 3.0 controller
• Socket AM1
• Manufacturing technology: 28 nm bulk, immersion lithography
• Power dissipation ( TDP ): 25 W.
• Release date: 2nd quarter of 2014
• Clock frequencies: 1.6 to 2.2 GHz
• Models: Athlon 5150, 5350 and 5370