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    AMd Mobile Processors

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by comp_user, Jan 25, 2010.

  1. comp_user

    comp_user Notebook Consultant

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    I was under the impression Turion II and Athlon II mobile processors are based on the K10 micro-architecture.

    But the following article on AMd releasing new chips in mid 2010 suggests otherwise. What is what?

    Are Athlon II Mobile based on K8 and Turion II and Phenom II mobile based on K10? Or is the only difference the FPU 64bit vs 128bit?

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...sors_for_Mobile_Computers_for_May_Launch.html

    The lack of reviews on the new AMD mobile processors in frustrating. Also AMD's decision is have different naming schemes(turion II, Athlon II mobile, Phenom II mobile) also is pretty bad. They need to have better more consistant branding.
     
    comp_user, Jan 25, 2010
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  2. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    these chips don't look very impressive... and if AMD's history is followed by these processors , the laptops will be toasty...
     
    sean473, Jan 25, 2010
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  3. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Turion II & Athlon II are based on K10.
    You can tell as they support SSE4A (Something found only on K10s)
    Difference between Athlon and Turion is only the FPU bit.
     
    weinter, Jan 25, 2010
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  4. computerstriker

    computerstriker Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow... those Mobile Phenom processors have small amounts of cache
     
    computerstriker, Jan 25, 2010
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  5. Amnesiac

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    Hmm, yes, I agree. That looks like AMD's answer to the Core 2 Quad, not the Core i7, i5, and i3.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 25, 2010
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  6. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    I'm interested in the p920. It may be only 1.6ghz, but a 25w quad sounds so cool.
     
    Darth Bane, Jan 25, 2010
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  7. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    They are on budget, Cache is expensive stuff only Intel can include heaps of those on their CPU.
    Not to mention increasing Cache size doesn't increase Performance linearly so it makes little sense to waste money and include lots of them.
     
    weinter, Jan 25, 2010
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  8. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Interesting indeed.
     
    f4ding, Jan 26, 2010
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  9. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Too bad it's only 1.5 Ghz. At that speed, it's unlikely that a K10-based quad core could outperform even the i3-330M.
     
    Peon, Jan 26, 2010
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