AMD Phenom™ Processor Fast Facts
Multi-core performance for life-like gaming, crystal-clear digital media and serious megatasking.

Powerful
Extreme megatasking performance: Don't even think of waiting on your PC anymore. Powerful AMD Phenom™ processors can take whatever you dish out, even when you max it out. Want to play a DVD on your PC while you IM, surf, and email? No worries. AMD's unique native quad-core architecture is designed for extreme megatasking performance.

Visual
High quality, accelerated, high-definition video playback: With a combination of AMD Phenom™ processors and
ATI Radeon™ HD graphics, enjoy high-definition video with extreme resolution, quality, and performance. Get full HD-DVD and Blu-ray support, with processing and graphics performance designed for crisp video quality, superior image clarity and high-definition playback. Experience Windows Vista® in high-definition with support for DirectX® 10 and 10.1, HDMI with 5.1 surround sound, and Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technology for high-fidelity HD media playback in select graphics processors.

Efficient
With the next generation of award-winning Cool'n'Quiet™ technology, Cool'n'Quiet 2.0 reduces heat and noise so you can experience amazing performance without distraction. Combined with core enhancements that improve overall power savings, the AMD Phenom™ 9000 Series quad-core processor delivers seamless multitasking and optimum energy efficiency. Work, play, talk, and share on a PC that's seen, not heard.

Features At-A-Glance

True Multi-Core Processing enables better multitasking so users can run more applications and do more in less time.

Direct Connect Architecture delivers leading-edge PC system performance.

Integrated dual-channel DDR2 memory controller with up to DDR2-1066 support allows dramatic application performance improvements with greater system throughput and lower latency so users can get a better PC experience.

HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides incredible system agility for improved 3D graphics performance.

AMD Balanced Smart Cache supports a better multi-tasking and multi-threaded experience.

AMD Wide Floating Point Accelerator to improve digital media and 3D gaming experiences.

AMD Memory Optimizer Technology helps improve performance of multi-threaded software.

AMD Digital Media Xpress™ 2.0 delivers sharper and more life-like 3D graphics.

AMD Virtualization™ with Rapid Virtualization Indexing helps virtualization software to run more securely and efficiently.

Cool'n'Quiet 2.0 technology enables cooler and quieter platform designs by providing extremely efficient performance and energy usage.



Operating System Compatibility
The AMD Phenom processors are designed to be compatible with the following:
  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Windows Vista Business
  • Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows XP Home Edition
  • Windows 98
  • Windows ME
  • Windows XP Media Center Edition
  • Windows NT®
  • Windows 2000
  • Linux®
  • Other PC operating systemsting systems.


AMD Phenom™ Quad-Core Processor Product Specifications

Cache Size

L1 Cache (Instruction + Data): 128KB x4 (64KB + 64KB for each core)
L2 Cache: 512KB x4
L3 Cache: 2MB Shared L3

Process Technology 65-nanometer SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology
HyperTransport™ Technology Links One 16-bit/16-bit link @ up to 3600MT/s full duplex; up to 14.4GB/s I/O Bandwidth
Memory Integrated DDR2 memory controller — up to 17.1GB/sec dual channel memory bandwidth
Types of Memory PC2 8500 (DDR2-1066)* ; PC2 6400 (DDR2-800); PC2 5300 (DDR2-667); PC2 4200 (DDR2-533); PC2 3200 (DDR2-400) DDR2 unbuffered
Die Size 65nm = 285mm2
Transistors 65nm = 450 million
Chipsets Solutions are now available from AMD
Packaging Socket AM2+ - 940-pin organic micro Pin Grid Array (micro-PGA)

*Pending JDEC approval and release of DDR2-1066 specification

AMD Phenom™ Quad-Core Processor Product Model Comparison
Model Number Clock
Frequency
System Bus Package Profile Voltage Max Temp TDP Total Dedicated L2 Cache L3 Cache

CMOS Tech

9600 2.3GHz 3600MHz Socket AM2+ 1.10/1.15/1.20/1.25V 70°C 95W 2MB 2MB 65nm SOI
9500 2.2GHz 3600MHz Socket AM2+ 1.10/1.15/.20/1.25V 70°C 95W 2MB 2MB 65nm SOI



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