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One step slower than the AMD K6-2+ 550 but otherwise practically identical. > Read more

Performance-wise this K6-2 400 AFQ CPU is identical to the AMD K6-2 400 AFR but it has a 10 degree Celsius lower maximum operating temperature. The AFR can handle up to 70C whereas the AFQ can handle up to 60C.

I guess that the AMD K6-2 400 was the more popular model of the AMD K6-2 line. It performed reasonable in general office use (with generally ALU-mathematics) but for gamers it wasn't the best choice. It's FPU is rather weak compared to the Pentium II and Celeron. In the Quake 2 software-rendering benchmarks (which are FPU-intensitive) you can see that it performs at Pentium II 233 / Celeron 266 levels. > Read more

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The AMD K6-2 stretched to 500MHz. One of the fastest regular K6-2 models (533 and 550MHz models exist too).

Basically the K6-2 ran fine however it did have a few weak spots: a slow FPU so it wasn't really suitable for gaming and that didn't help in reviews. The K6-2, being cheap, was also built into cheap systems which were often more troublesome (and the K6-2 was, unjustified, to blame). Lastly it couldn't keep up with Intel's Celeron-line.

The good thing is that the K6-2 was cheap, ran fine on cheap and/or existing motherboards. Being on the budget it could be a fairly capable system if you didn't want to play FPU-intensive games. > Read more

An AMD K6-2 at it's peak; 550MHz! You can't get a faster normal K6-2 than this nor AMD could provide you with one. The K6-2 architecture didn't scale well beyond 500MHz. Even the AMD K6-III+ produced with 180nm technology doesn't achieve marvelous clock frequencies. > Read more

Another AMD K6-2 with an oddbal 95MHz FSB. These 475MHz models don't come by everyday because people went for the 450MHz or 500MHz model (both with 100MHz FSB) instead. > Read more

Just like this 400MHz K6-2 but almost one year newer. > Read more

A weird CPU because of the of the 95MHz FSB. I bet most people bought either the 350MHz or 400MHz model that runs with a normal 100MHz FSB. > Read more

A higher clocked 66MHz FSB AMD K6-2. Suitable for the older motherboards that support the K6-2 but not the 100MHz FSB. In case you have a newer motherboard go for the 100MHz FSB versions. > Read more

A regular AMD K6/2. Not the slowest (233MHz) nor the fastest (550MHz) but just somewhere in between. > Read more

This CPU was launched with a front-side-bus of 95MHz and wasn't popular because of that. Later AMD introduced a somewhat optimized version with both 66MHz and 95MHz FSB versions. > Read more

The K6-2/300 features a 100MHz FSB which makes it faster than the original K6-2 CPU's that all have a 66MHz FSB. The 300MHz model came in both 66MHz and 100MHz model because not everyone who wanted this CPU could run a 100MHz FSB. > Read more

The 66MHz FSB version of the AMD K6-2/300 for people with an older motherboard that didn't feature a 100MHz FSB. > Read more

This one is just like the other K6-2's. Many will probably say (just like I did ) that this is the slowest K6-2 but it's not; that's the somewhat uncommon 233MHz model . > Read more

I never knew that this CPU existed and always thought the K6-2/266 was the slowest desktop K6-2/266 ever made. Unfortunately this 233MHz model doesn't work but as the core is technically the same as the K6-2/266 I can use that CPU to benchmark a 233MHz K6-2. > Read more

At 550MHz this is the second fastest clocked AMD K6-2+ you can find. AMD squeezed out a few extra MHz with the 570MHz version that uses a 5MHz slower FSB but higher multiplier. Note that 550MHz is quite the limit of the K6-2 architecture. Few overclockers could gain a higher clock-frequency but there is not much headroom left in these chips.

The AMD K6-2+ is basically a 180nm AMD K6-III with half the L2-cache size (128KB instead of 256KB). The K6-2+ runs at a fair voltage of 2.0V.

Interesting about these chips is that you can gain a 6x multiplier by setting the multiplier at 2x. Internally the chip maps 2x to 6x so you can reach a higher multiplier than 5.5x. > Read more

Just like the AMD K6-2 400 and 450 but then faster. At 500MHz the K6-2 is getting to it's peak as it isn't designed to scale much higher. I wouldn't be surprised if this 500MHz model doesn't overclock to 550MHz. > Read more

A 180nm AMD K6-2+ at 450MHz. Run's quite fast because of the 128KB on-die full speed L2 cache but despite the 180nm process it doesn't scale well. The K6 architecture is not designed to reach high clock frequencies. This model can run at 500MHz but 550MHz is highly unstable. > Read more

Just like the AMD K6-2 400 but a 50MHz higher clock frequency and 0,2V more on the core. > Read more

The AMD K6-2 400 had a remapped multiplier. If you configure it at 2x it will apply a multiplier of 6x. This enables consumers to install a fast K6-2 400MHz CPU in an older motherboard (if correct voltage and BIOS was available) with only a 66MHz front side bus. Of course this will cause a performance penalty but it's probably a lot faster than the old CPU . > Read more