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 Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: AMD Releases Two Llano Based Athlon II X4 CPUs |
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AMD has quietly released two Athlon II X4 CPUs, the 638 and 641. These are based on Llano (i.e. Stars+/K10.5 architecture) but lack an integrated GPU. The socket is still FM1, just like in normal Llano CPUs. Here's a quick rundown of the chips.</p>
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Specifications of AMD Athlon II X4 638 and 641</td>
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Model</td>
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638</td>
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641</td>
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Core/Thread Count</td>
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4/4</td>
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4/4</td>
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Base Frequency</td>
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2.7GHz</td>
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2.8GHz</td>
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L2 Cache</td>
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4MB</td>
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4MB</td>
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TDP</td>
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65W</td>
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100W</td>
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Price</td>
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$81</td>
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$81</td>
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There is nothing extraordinaty in these chips. We are looking at relatively low-end SKUs in terms of price and performance. It's good to keep in mind that a discrete GPU is needed because these SKUs lack integrated graphics, so that will potentially raise the total system price.</p>
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The usage of the Athlon II brand with Llano isn't actually a new thing as the first such SKU, Athlon II X4 631, launched back in August. This is quite similar to what Intel is doing; AMD is saving the A4, A6, A8, and FX brands (their rough equivalent of Intel's Core i3/i5/i7) for midrange and high-end chips, and reusing their older Sempron and Athlon brand names (e.g. Intel's Celeron and Pentium) with lower-end SKUs.</p>
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Source: AnandTech
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