Socket 7: Fit For Years To Come!

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Socket7 Triangle: AMD K6-2, AMD K6-2+ And AMD K6-III+, Continued

We compared three different AMD CPUs of the same clock speed. The three processors' underlying model is AMD K6-2/500, which has no on-die L2 cache. The K6-2 communicates via a 100 MHz processor bus with its external L2 cache. Therefore, most motherboards are equipped with 512 kB or 1 MB cache modules that sit close to the socket. Some rare motherboards such as the FIC PA-2013 or DFI P5BV3+ even utilize 2 MB of cache.

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Processor	AMD K6-III+	AMD K6-2+	AMD K6-2
Process technology	0,18µm	0,18µm	0,25µm
CPU clock	400 to 500 MHz	475 to 550 MHz	300 to 500 MHz
CPU platform	Socket7	Socket7	Socket7
CPU system clock	100 MHz	95 to 100 MHz	66 to 100 MHz
L1 cache	64 kB	64 kB	64 kB
L1 cache access	CPU core clock	CPU core clock	CPU core clock
L2 cache interface	64bit	64bit	64bit
L2 cache	256 kB on-die	128 kB on-die	on the motherboard, max. 2048 kB
L2 cache clock	CPU core clock	CPU core clock	66 to 100 MHz
L3 Cache	on the Motherboard, max. 2048 kB	on the motherboard, max. 2048 kB	no
MMX instruction set	yes	yes	yes
3D instruction set	3DNow	3DNow	3DNow
Multiprocessor support	no	no	no
Power saving modes	PowerNow	PowerNow	no
Core voltage	1.4 to 2.0V	1.4 to 2.0V	2.2 to 2.8V
I/O voltage	3.1 to 3.3V	3.1 to 3.3V	3.1 to 3.5Volt
Power dissipitation	max. 23W	max. 20W	max. 29W