amd-k7 processor athlon
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AMD-K7 PROCESSOR Athlon. Charles Bovy 24 december 1999. with 266 bus and projected compiler and prefetch optimizations. AMD Athlon 700*. AMD Athlon ™ Integer Performance. SPECint_95base. AMD Athlon 700. AMD Athlon 650. AMD Athlon 600. PIII 600. PIII Xeon 550. 0. 5. 10. 15. 20. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
AMD-K7 PROCESSORAthlon
Charles Bovy24 december 1999
AMD Athlon™ Integer Performance
PIII Xeon 550
AMD Athlon 600
AMD Athlon 650
AMD Athlon 700
PIII 600
SPECint_95base
10 15 20 30 35 402550
with 266 bus and projected compiler and prefetch optimizationsAMD Athlon 700*
Source: AMD and *AMD preliminary results. Configuration: See backup page
AMD Athlon ™ Floating Point Performance
PIII Xeon 550
AMD Athlon 600
AMD Athlon 650
AMD Athlon 700
PIII 600
10 20 30 400 50
SPECfp_base95
AMD Athlon 700* with 266 bus and projected compiler & prefetch optimizations
Source: AMD and *AMD preliminary results. Configuration: See backup page
RISC vs x86 Performance
SPECint95base: x86 vs RISC
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Sep-95 Dec-96 Jul-97 Mar-98 Nov-98 Aug-99
RISC
x86
300 MHz21164
500 MHz21164
600 MHz21164
600 MHz21164
575 MHz21264
667 MHz21264
133 MHzPentium
200 MHzPPro
300 MHzPII
333 MHzPII
450 MHzPII Xeon
700 MHzAMD Athlon
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Delta
Source: Microprocessor Report and AMD Preliminary Results
Process Technology
• 0.25-micron • six-layer metal• 22 million transistors• die size of 184 mm2