AMD Advanced Micro Devices

• AMD and Intel are the two dominant manufacturers of CPUs in the world.
• Since a 1995 lawsuit with Intel, motherboards have been made specifically to be used with either  AMD chips or Intel ones.
• AMD CPUs are not not pin-compatible with Intel CPUs.

AMD Desktop Processors from Athlon through Phenom II

Processor	Code Names	Clock Speed Range	FSB Speed	Processor Socket or Slot	L2 Cache Sizes	Based On
Athlon	K7, K75, Thunderbird	500MHz–1.4GHz	200–266MHz	Slot A, Socket A (aka Socket 462)	256–512KB	—
Athlon XP	Palomino, Thoroughbred, Thorton	1.333–2.2GHz	266–400MHz	Socket A	256–512KB	—
Duron	Spitfire, Morgan, Applebred, Appaloosa	550MHz–1.8GHz	200–266MHz	Socket A	64KB	Athlon Socket A
Sempron	Thorton, Barton	1.5–2.2GHz	166–200MHz	Socket A	256KB (Thorton), 512KB (Barton)	Athlon XP
Sempron	Paris, Palermo	1.4–2.0GHz	800MHz–1GHz	Socket 754	128–256KB	Athlon 64 (Socket 754 versions)
Athlon 64	ClawHammer, Newcastle, San Diego, Venice, Orleans	1–2.6GHz	800MHz–1GHz	Socket 754, Socket 939, Socket 940, Socket AM2	512KB–1MB	—
Sempron	Palermo	1.8–2.0GHz	800MHz	Socket 939	128KB–256KB	Athlon 64
Athlon 64 FX	See Athlon 64 code names; also Windsor	2.2–2.8GHz	800MHz–1GHz	Socket 939, Socket 940	1MB	Athlon 64
Sempron	Manila, Sparta	1.6–2.3GHz	800MHz	Socket AM2	128-256-512KB	Athlon 64
Athlon 64 X2	Manchester, Toledo, Windsor, Brisbane	1.9–3.2GHz	1GHz	Socket 939 (Manchester, Toledo), Socket AM2 (Windsor, Brisbane)	256KBx2; 512KBx2; 1MBx2	Dual-core version of Athlon 64
Athlon 64 FX	Toledo, Windsor	2.0–3.2GHz	1GHz	Socket 939 (Toledo), Socket AM2 (Brisbane)	1MBx2	Dual-core version of Athlon 64 FX
Phenom X4	Agena	1.8–2.6 GHz	1.6-2GHz	Socket AM2	512KBx4 + 2MB L3	K10 microarchitecture
Phenom X3	Toliman	2.1–2.5GHz	1.6-1.8GHz	Socket AM2	512KBx3 + 2MB L3	K10 microarchitecture
Phenom X2	Kuma	2.3–2.8GHz	1.8GHz	Socket AM2+	512KBx2 + 2MB L3	K10 microarchitecture
Athlon X2	Kuma	2.3–2.8GHz	1.8GHz	Socket AM2+	512KBx2 + 2MB L3	Phenom X2
Phenom II X2	Callisto	2.8–3.3GHz	2GHz, 2.2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx2 + 6MB L3	Deneb with two cores disabled
Phenom II X3	Heka	2.4–3.2GHz	2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx3 +6MB L3	Deneb with one core disabled
Phenom II X4	Deneb	2.5–3.5GHz	1.8GHz, 2GHz	Socket AM2+, AM3	512KBx4 + 4MB or 6MB L3	DDR3 memory supported on Socket AM3 only
Phenom II X6	Thuban	2.7–3.2GHz	2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx6 +6MB L3	Includes Turbo Core overclock support
Athlon II	Regor	1.8–2.0GHz	1.8GHz	Socket AM3	1MB	Single-core version of Regor (X2)
Athlon II	Regor (X2)	1.6–3.3GHz	2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx2 or 1024KBx2	Phenom II without L3 cache
Athlon II	Rana (X3)	2.2–3.2GHz	2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx3	Phenom II without L3 cache
Athlon II	Propus (X4)	2.2–3.1GHz	2GHz	Socket AM3	512KBx4	Phenom II without L3 cache
The processor code names and performance in this table are effective as of mid 2010.