AMD Athlon II

General information
Launched	2009
Marketed by	AMD
Designed by	AMD
Common manufacturer(s)	GlobalFoundries
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	1.6 GHz to 3.5 GHz
HyperTransport speeds	1.8 GHz to 2 GHz
Architecture and classification
Technology node	45 nm to 32 nm
Microarchitecture	AMD K10
Instruction set	x86-64
Physical specifications
Cores	1 - 4
Socket(s)	AM3 AM2+ FM1 FM2
Products, models, variants
Core name(s)	Sargas [1] Regor Propus Rana Llano
History
Predecessor(s)	Athlon X2
Successor(s)	A-Series

Athlon II is a family of AMD multi-core 45 nm central processing units, which is aimed at the budget to mid-range market and is a complementary product lineup to the Phenom II.

Features

The Athlon II series is based on the AMD K10 architecture and derived from the Phenom II series. However, unlike its Phenom siblings, it does not contain any L3 Cache. There are two principal Athlon II dies: the dual-core Regor die with 1 MB L2 Cache per core and the four-core Propus with 512 KB per core. Regor is a native dual-core design with lower TDP and additional L2 to offset the removal of L3 cache.^[2] The Athlon II x2 200e-220 chips have less L2 cache than the rest of the Regor line. The triple-core Rana is derived from the Propus quad-core design, with one core disabled. In some cases, the Phenom II Deneb die is used with disabled L3 cache and cores in the case.^[3][4] Includes: AMD Direct Connect Architecture AMD Wide Floating Point Accelerator AMD Digital Media XPress 2.0 Technology AMD PowerNow! Technology (Cool’n’Quiet Technology) HyperTransport Technology (not the same as Intel Hyper-Threading Technology)

Processors with an "e" following the model number (e.g., 245e) are low-power models, typically 45W for Athlons, 65W for Phenoms. Processors with a "u" following the model number (e.g., 250u) are ultra-low voltage models.

• For a list of Athlon II processors, see: List of AMD Athlon II processors

Cores

Regor (45 nm SOI with immersion lithography)

• Two AMD K10 cores (Some are chip harvested Propus or Deneb with two cores disabled^[6])
• L1 cache: 64 kB + 64 kB (data + instructions) per core
• L2 cache: 1024 kB per core, full-speed (512 kB per core in Athlon II X2 200e-220)
• Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz (AM2+), dual channel DDR3-1333 (AM3) with unganging option
• MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX bit, AMD-V
• Socket AM3, HyperTransport with 2 GHz
• Die Size: 117 mm² ^[7]
• Power consumption (TDP): 25-65 Watts
• First release
  • June 2009 (Stepping C2)
• Clock rate: 1.6 - 3.6 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X2 250u - 280

Rana (45 nm SOI with immersion lithography)

• Three AMD K10 cores chip harvested from Propus or Deneb with one core disabled^[6]
• L1 cache: 64 kB + 64 kB (data + instructions) per core
• L2 cache: 512 kB per core, full-speed
• Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz (AM2+), dual channel DDR3-1333 (AM3) with unganging option
• MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX bit, AMD-V
• Socket AM3, HyperTransport with 2 GHz
• Die Size: 169 mm² ^[7]
• Power consumption (TDP): 45 Watts or 95 Watts
• First release
  • October 2009 (Stepping C2)
• Clock rate: 2.2–3.4 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X3 400e - 460

Propus (45 nm SOI with immersion lithography)

• Four AMD K10 cores chip harvested from Deneb with L3 cache disabled^[6]
• L1 cache: 64 kB + 64 kB (data + instructions) per core
• L2 cache: 512 kB per core, full-speed
• Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz (AM2+), dual channel DDR3-1333 (AM3) with unganging option
• MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX bit, AMD-V
• Socket AM3, HyperTransport with 2 GHz
• Die Size: 169 mm² ^[7]
• Power consumption (TDP): 45 Watts or 95 Watts
• First release
  • September 2009 (Stepping C2)
• Clock rate: 2.2–3.1 GHz
• Models: Athlon II X4 600e - 645, Phenom II x4 840