List of AMD Athlon processors explained

Athlon is a family of CPUs designed by AMD, targeted mostly at the desktop market. The name "Athlon" has been largely unused as just "Athlon" since 2001 when AMD started naming its processors Athlon XP, but in 2008 began referring to single core 64-bit processors from the AMD Athlon X2 and AMD Phenom product lines. Later the name began being used for some APUs.

Features overview

APUs

APU features table

Desktop processors

Athlon (Model 1,K7 "Argon", 250 nm)

• L2 cache always runs with 50% of CPU speed
• All models support: MMX, Enhanced 3DNow!

Model Number	Frequency	L2 cache		Multiplier	Voltage		Socket	Release Date	Order Part Number	Release price (USD)
Athlon 500	500 MHz	512 KB	200 MT/s	5x	1.60 V			June 23, 1999	AMD-K7500MTR51B C	$324
Athlon 550	550 MHz			5.5x		46 W			AMD-K7550MTR51B C	$479
Athlon 600	600 MHz			6x		50 W			AMD-K7600MTR51B C	$699
Athlon 650	650 MHz			6.5x		54 W		August 9, 1999	AMD-K7650MTR51B C	$849
Athlon 700	700 MHz			7x		50 W		October 4, 1999	AMD-K7700MTR51B C

Athlon (Model 2, K75 "Pluto/Orion", 180 nm)

• L2 cache runs with 50% (up to 700 MHz), 40% (up to 850 MHz) or 33% (up to 1000 MHz) of CPU speed.
• 900 - 1000 MHz have Orion designation.
• All models support: MMX, Enhanced 3DNow!

Model Number	Frequency	L2 cache		Multiplier	Voltage		Socket	Release Date	Order Part Number	Release price (USD)
Athlon 550	550 MHz	512 KB	200 MT/s	5.5x	1.60 V			November 29, 1999	AMD-K7550MTR51B A
Athlon 600	600 MHz			6x		34 W			AMD-K7600MTR51B A
Athlon 650	650 MHz			6.5x		36 W			AMD-K7650MTR51B A
Athlon 700	700 MHz			7x		39 W			AMD-K7700MTR51B A
Athlon 750	750 MHz			7.5x		40 W			AMD-K7750MTR52B A	$799
Athlon 800	800 MHz			8x	1.70 V	48 W		January 6, 2000	AMD-K7800MPR52B A
Athlon 850	850 MHz			8.5x		50 W		February 11, 2000	AMD-K7850MPR52B A	$849
Athlon 900	900 MHz			9x	1.80 V	60 W		March 6, 2000	AMD-K7900MNR53B A	$899
Athlon 950	950 MHz			9.5x		62 W			AMD-K7950MNR53B A	$999
Athlon 1000	1000 MHz			10x		65 W			AMD-K7100MNR53B A	$1,299

Athlon (Model 4, "Thunderbird", 180 nm)

• L2 cache always runs with full CPU speed
• All models support: MMX, Enhanced 3DNow!

Model Number	Frequency	L2 cache		Multiplier	Voltage		Socket	Release Date	Order Part Number	Release price (USD)
Athlon 600	600 MHz	256 KB	200 MT/s	6x	1.75 V	38 W^[1]		June 5, 2000	A0600AMT3B
Athlon 650	650 MHz			6.5x			Socket A		A0650AMT3B A0650APT3B
					1.70 V	36.1 W	Slot A		AMD-A0650MPR24B A	OEM
Athlon 700	700 MHz			7x	1.75 V	40 W	Socket A		A0700AMT3B A0700APT3B
					1.70 V	38.3 W	Slot A		AMD-A0700MPR24B A	OEM
Athlon 750	750 MHz			7.5x	1.75 V	43 W	Socket A		A0750AMT3BA0750APT3B	$319
					1.70 V	40.4 W	Slot A		AMD-A0750MPR24B A	OEM
Athlon 800	800 MHz			8x	1.75 V	45 W	Socket A		A0800AMT3B A0800APT3B	$359
					1.70 V	42.6 W	Slot A		AMD-A0800MPR24B A	OEM
Athlon 850	850 MHz			8.5x	1.75 V	47 W	Socket A		A0850AMT3B A0850APT3B	$507
					1.70 V	44.8 W	Slot A		AMD-A0850MPR24B A	OEM
Athlon 900	900 MHz			9x	1.75 V	50 W	Socket A		A0900AMT3B A0900APT3BA0900DMT3B	$589
							Slot A		AMD-A0900MMR24B A	OEM
Athlon 950	950 MHz			9.5x		52 W	Socket A		A0950AMT3BA0950APT3B A0950DMT3B	$759
							Slot A		AMD-A0950MMR24B A	OEM
Athlon 1000B	1000 MHz			10x		54 W	Socket A		A1000AMS3B A1000AMT3BA1000DMT3B	$990
							Slot A		AMD-A1000MMR24B A	OEM
Athlon 1000C			266 MT/s	7.5x	1.75 V		Socket A	October 31, 2000	A1000AMS3C A1000AMT3CA1000DMT3C	$385
Athlon 1100	1100 MHz		200 MT/s	11x		55.1/60 W		August 14, 2000	A1100AMS3BA1100AMT3B	$853
Athlon 1133	1133 MHz		266 MT/s	8.5x		63 W		October 31, 2000	A1133AMS3C	$506
Athlon 1200B	1200 MHz		200 MT/s	12x		66 W		October 17, 2000	A1200AMS3B	$612
Athlon 1200C			266 MT/s	9x				October 31, 2000	A1200AMS3C	$673
Athlon 1266	1266 MHz			9.5x				March 21, 2001^[2]	A1266AMS3C
Athlon 1300	1300 MHz		200 MT/s	13x		68 W		March 21, 2001	A1300AMS3BA1300APS3B	$318
Athlon 1333	1333 MHz		266 MT/s	10x		70 W			A1333AMS3C	$350
Athlon 1400B	1400 MHz		200 MT/s	14x		72 W		June 6, 2001	A1400AMS3B	$253
Athlon 1400C			266 MT/s	10.5x					A1400AMS3C	$253

Athlon XP

See main article: List of AMD Athlon XP processors.

Athlon 64

See main article: List of AMD Athlon 64 processors.

Athlon X2

See main article: List of AMD Athlon X2 processors.

Athlon II

See main article: List of AMD Athlon II processors.

Athlon (Piledriver)

"Trinity" (2012)

• Platform "Virgo"
• 32 nm fabrication on GlobalFoundries SOI process
• Socket FM2
• CPU: Piledriver
  • L1 Cache: 16 KB Data per core and 64 KB Instructions per module
• Die Size:, 1.303 Billion transistors^[3]
• Support for up to four DIMMs of up to DDR3-1866 memory
• 5 GT/s UMI
• Integrated PCIe 2.0 controller, and Turbo Core technology for faster CPU/GPU operation when the thermal specification permits
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, CLMUL, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, F16C,^[4] ABM, BMI1, TBM

Model number	Released	Fab	Step.	[Modules/[[Floating-point unit|FPUs]]]Cores/threads	Clock(GHz)	Turbo(GHz)	Cache		DDR3Mem.	TDP(W)	Box Number	Part number^[5]
							L1	L2(MB)
class="table-rh"	Athlon X2 340^[6]	2012/10	32nm	TN-A1	[1]2	3.2	3.6	64KB inst. per module 16KB data per core	1	1600	65		AD340XOKA23HJ
class="table-rh"	Athlon X4 730	201210/1			[2]4	2.8	3.2		2× 2MB	1866	65		AD730XOKA44HJ
class="table-rh"	Athlon X4 740	2012/10				3.2	3.7					AD740XOKHJBOX	AD740XOKA44HJ
	Athlon X4 750K					3.4	4.0				100	AD750KWOHJBOX	AD750KWOA44HJ

"Richland" (2013)

• 32 nm fabrication on GlobalFoundries SOI process
• Socket FM2
• Two or four CPU cores based on the Piledriver microarchitecture
  • Die Size:, 1.303 Billion transistors^[7]
  • L1 Cache: 16 KB Data per core and 64 KB Instructions per module
  • MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX1.1, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, F16C, ABM, BMI1, TBM, Turbo Core 3.0, NX bit, PowerNow!

Model	Released	Fab	Step.	[Modules/[[Floating-point unit|FPUs]]]Cores/threads	Freq. (GHz)		Cache		DDR3Mem.	TDP(W)	Box Number	Part number
					Base	Turbo
							L1	L2(MB)
class="table-rh"	Athlon X2 350^[8]		32nm	RL-A1	[1]2	3.5	3.9	64KB inst. per module 16KB data per core	1	1866	65		AD350XOKA23HL
class="table-rh"	Athlon X2 370K	Jun 2013				4.0	4.2					AD370KOKHLBOX	AD370KOKA23HL
class="table-rh"	Athlon X4 750	Oct 2013			[2]4	3.4	4.0		2× 2MB		65		AD750XOKA44HL
class="table-rh"	Athlon X4 760K	Jun 2013				3.8	4.1				100	AD760KWOHLBOX	AD760KWOA44HL

Athlon (Jaguar)

"Kabini" (2013, SoC)

• 28 nm fabrication by GlobalFoundries
• Socket AM1, aka Socket FS1b (AM1 platform)
• 2 to 4 CPU Cores (Jaguar (microarchitecture))
• L1 Cache: 32 KB Data per core and 32 KB Instructions per core
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AMD64, AVX, F16C, CLMUL, AES, MOVBE (Move Big-Endian instruction), XSAVE/XSAVEOPT, ABM, BMI1, AMD-V support
• SoC with integrated memory, PCIe, 2× USB 3.0, 6× USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, and 2× SATA III (6 Gb/s) controllers
• GPU based on Graphics Core Next (GCN)

Model	Released	Fab	Step.	CPU					GPU				DDR3Memory support	TDP(W)	Box Number	Part number
				Cores (threads)	Clock(GHz)	Cache			Model	Config	Clock(MHz)	Processing power (GFLOPS)
						L1	L2(MB)	L3
	Athlon X4 530	?	28nm	A1	4 (4)	2	32 KB inst. 32 KB data per core	2	?	25		AD530XJAH44HM
	Athlon X4 550					2.2					AD550XJAH44HM
class="table-rh"	Athlon 5150	April 9, 2014			4 (4)	1.60		2	R3 (HD 8400)		128:8:4 2 CU	600	153.6	1600 (Single channel only)	AD5150JAHMBOX	AD5150JAH44HM
	Athlon 5350					2.05									AD5350JAHMBOX	AD5350JAH44HM
	Athlon 5370	Feb, 2016				2.20										AD5370JAH44HM

Athlon (Steamroller, Excavator)

"Kaveri" (2014) & "Godavari" (2015)

• 28 nm fabrication by GlobalFoundries.
• Socket FM2+,^[9] support for PCIe 3.0.
• Two or four CPU cores based on the Steamroller microarchitecture.
  • Kaveri refresh models have codename Godavari.^[10]
• Die Size:, 2.41 Billion transistors.^[11]
• L1 Cache: 16 KB Data per core and 96 KB Instructions per module.
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, CLMUL, AVX, AVX 1.1, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, F16C, ABM, BMI1, TBM, Turbo Core
• Dual-channel (2× 64 Bit) DDR3 memory controller.

Model	Released	Stepping	CPU					Memory support	TDP	Part number(s)
			[Modules/[[Floating-point unit|FPUs]]]Cores/threads	Clock (GHz)		Cache
				Base	Turbo	L1	L2
Athlon X2 450	Jul 31, 2014	KV-A1	[1] 2	3.5	3.9	96 KB inst. per module 16 KB data per core	1 MB	DDR3-1866	65 W	AD450XYBI23JA
Athlon X4 830	Feb 2015		[2] 4	3.0	3.4		2 MB per module	DDR3-2133		AD830XYBI44JA
Athlon X4 840	Aug 2014			3.1	3.8					AD840XYBJABOX AD840XYBI44JA
Athlon X4 850	Q2 2015	GV-A1		3.2						AD835XACI43KA
Athlon X4 860K	Aug 2014	KV-A1		3.7	4.0				95 W	AD860KXBJABOX AD860KWOHLBOX AD860KXBJASBX AD860KXBI44JA
Athlon X4 870K	Dec 2015	GV-A1		3.9	4.1					AD870KXBJCSBX AD870KXBI44JC
Athlon X4 880K	Mar 1, 2016			4.0	4.2					AD880KXBJCSBX

"Carrizo" (2016)

• 28 nm fabrication by GlobalFoundries
• Socket FM2+, AM4, support for PCIe 3.0
• Two or four CPU cores based on the Excavator microarchitecture
• Die Size:, 3.1 Billion transistors^[12]
• L1 Cache: 32 KB Data per core and 96 KB Instructions per module
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, CLMUL, AVX, AVX 1.1, AVX2, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, F16C, ABM, BMI1, BMI2, TBM, RDRAND, Turbo Core
• Dual-channel DDR3 or DDR4 memory controller

Model	Released	Stepping	Socket	CPU					Memory support	TDP	Part number
				[Modules/[[Floating-point unit|FPUs]]]Cores/threads	Clock (GHz)		Cache
					Base	Turbo	L1	L2
Athlon X4 835	?	CZ-A1	FM2+	[2] 4	3.1	?	96 KB inst. per module 32 KB data per core	1 MB per module	DDR3-2133 dual-channel	65 W	AD835XACI43KA
Athlon X4 845	Feb 2, 2016				3.5	3.8					AD845XYBJCSBX AD845XACKASBX AD845XACI43KA

"Bristol Ridge" (2016)

• 28 nm fabrication by GlobalFoundries
• Socket AM4, support for PCIe 3.0
• Two or four "Excavator+" CPU cores
• L1 Cache: 32 KB Data per core and 96 KB Instructions per module
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, CLMUL, AVX, AVX 1.1, AVX2, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, F16C, ABM, BMI1, BMI2, TBM, RDRAND, Turbo Core
• Dual-channel DDR4 memory controller
• PCI Express 3.0 x8 (No Bifurcation support, requires a PCI-e switch for any configuration other than x8)
• PCI Express 3.0 x4 as link to optional external chipset
• 4x USB 3.1 Gen 1
• Storage: 2x SATA and 2x NVMe or 2x PCI Express

Model	Released	Stepping	CPU						Memory support	TDP	Stock Cooler (box)	Part number(s)
			[Modules/[[Floating-point unit|FPUs]]]Cores/threads	Clock (GHz)		Cache
				Base	Turbo	L1	L2	L3
Athlon X4 940	July 27, 2017	BR-A1	[2] 4	3.2	3.6	96 KB inst. per module 32 KB data per core	1 MB per module	DDR4-2400 dual-channel	65 W	Near-silent 65 W	AD940XAGABBOX AD940XAGM44AB
Athlon X4 950				3.5	3.8			AD950XAGABBOX AD950XAGM44AB
Athlon X4 970				3.8	4.0			AD970XAUABBOX AD970XAUM44AB

Athlon (Zen-based)

"Raven Ridge", 14 nm

• Zen CPU cores

"Picasso", 12 nm

• Zen+ CPU cores

Mobile processors

Athlon (Zen-based)

"Raven Ridge" or "Picasso", 14/12 nm

• Zen and Zen+ CPU cores

"Dalí", 14 nm

• Zen CPU cores

Athlon (Zen 2 based)

"Mendocino", 6 nm

See also

• List of AMD processors
• List of AMD Duron processors
• List of AMD Athlon XP processors
• List of AMD Athlon 64 processors
• List of AMD Athlon X2 processors
• List of AMD Athlon II processors
• List of AMD Phenom processors
• List of AMD Opteron processors
• List of AMD Sempron processors
• List of AMD Ryzen processors
• List of Intel processors
• Table of AMD processors

Notes

Note 1:Athlons use a double data rate (DDR) front-side bus, (EV-6) meaning that the actual data transfer rate of the bus is twice its physical clock rate. The FSB's true data rate, 200 or 266 MT/s, is used in the tables, and the physical clock rates are 100 and 133 MHz, respectively. The multipliers in the tables above apply to the physical clock rate, not the data transfer rate.

External links

• AMD technical documentation for Athlon
• AMD Delivers Business-Ready Desktop Offerings to Solution Providers with AMD Business Class Initiative AMD, 28 April 2008

Notes and References

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4. Web site: AMD detonates Trinity: Behold Bulldozer's second coming - ExtremeTech . 2017-10-07.
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7. Web site: Hassan Mujtaba . AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700 "Richland" APU Review . Wccftech . 20 March 2020.
8. Web site: AMD Athlon Processors . 2015-03-02.
9. Web site: AMD's Next-Gen "Kaveri" APUs Will Require New Mainboards . Anton Shilov . 2014-12-17 . 2013-05-30.
10. Web site: AMD Godavari core. www.cpu-world.com. 2018-09-16.
11. Web site: Joel Hruska . AMD Kaveri A10-7850K and A8-7600 review: Was it worth the wait for the first true heterogeneous chip? . ExtremeTech . 20 March 2020.
12. Web site: Hassan Mujtaba . AMD Details Carrizo APUs Energy Efficient Design at Hot Chips 2015 – 28nm Bulk High Density Design With 3.1 Billion Transistors, 250mm2 Die . Wccftech . 20 March 2020 . 26 August 2015.