Launched at 23th September of 2003 along with the Athlon FX. The normal Athlon 64 used single-channel memory and could work with 200MHz DDR-SDRAM (DDR400, PC3200). The Athlon FX was aimed at the enthousiast or gamer and featured a dual-channel memory control... > Read more

The AMD Athlon 64 3200+ isn't always an AMD Athlon 64 3200+. Yes, they both have the same performance-rating but they don't always have the same clockfrequencies and L2-cache sizes. This phenomen is not new: the AMD Athlon XP 2600+ comes in three different variations as well. Even Cyrix already base... > Read more

The Athlon 64 2800+ on socket 754 was available in two versions: one (like this) with a New Castle core and one with a Clawhammer core. Clawhammer is the core on which the first Athlon 64's were based. New Castle followed quickly after and had one major difference: it 'only' had 512KB L2 in it's chi... > Read more

This is the fastest rated Athlon 64 with New Castle-core available on S754. The S939-based New Castle CPU's where rated higher (up to 3800+) due to the faster HyperTransport bus and dual-channel memory capabilities.

S754 did offer faster CPU's: the 3700+, also at 2400MHz, but with Clawhammer feat... > Read more

This AMD Athlon 64 is based on the 90nm Winchester-core. One that AMD didn't produce for a long time. Only three models have been made on this core: 3000+, 3200+ and 3500+. It was superseded by the Venice-core in April 2005 which had improvements in the memory controller. The Venice-core was also kn... > Read more

A somewhat uncommon version of the Athlon 64. It was only available in certain IBM and HP systems so you couldn't buy this through regular channels. It is also the only New Castle CPU with 256KB L2-cache meaning that the other 256KB L2-cache has been disabled. To make up for the loss of cache it's c... > Read more

Just like this 2800+ but clocked 200MHz faster.

The 3000+ has a broad range of CPU-cores, it came with:
- Clawhammer (130nm, S754)
- New Castle (130nm, S754)
- Winchester (90m, S939)
- Venice (90m, S939)
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This AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 'Venice' is based on the E3-stepping. Later versions came with E6-stepping as well. Differences are minimal: according to AMD's revision guide on Athlon 64's there are issues with Enhanced Write-Combining and several DDR/memory-related addressing problems with the E3-steppin... > Read more

Released in november 2005 as low-power (9W TDP) Athlon 64 CPU. It doesn't have the IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) to make the physical dimensions smaller and lighter and to help increase heat dissipation.

As far as I know this CPU was not sold in boxed versions through regular OEM-channels. The C... > Read more

An Athlon 64 with a somewhat weird Odering Part Number (OPN): almost all 3200+'s with the Venice-core have OPN ADA3200DAA4BW but this particular one has ADA3200AA4BW.

If we break the OPN down it'll be:
ADA: Athlon 64
D: 939pin OuPGA packaging
A: variable vCore
A: variable temperature
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The 3500+ was a good performing product for quite a while. The first 3500+ with Clawhammer core (130nm) was announced half-way 2004. The first Venice (90nm) core was introduced in April 2005 and this CPU was made in the 46th week of 2005. Quite a bit later and the first dual-core processors were aro... > Read more

Just like this Athlon 64 3500+ but with a different production date.

Both have the Venice E6 core. As time passed by (since the first Athlon 64 / Opteron engineering sample) AMD was tuning the existing cores to make small improvements (better on-die memor... > Read more

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I have two of these CPU's that are very similar. They even have the same OPN (Ordering Part Number) and are both manufactured in 2006. However, this one is assembled in Malaysia whereas the other one is assembled in China.

This CPU has run 24/7 for years ... > Read more

Still in it's unopened box! The date-code on this CPU is 11th week of 2006 (March 2006). Back in 2003 you could buy CPU's that were faster than this particular CPU. So either no-one wanted it anymore in 2006 (not even as budget CPU...?!) or it was stored out of sight or part of a liquidation. Nevert... > Read more

This is the later BH-E6 stepping of the Venice-core. Otherwise it's practically identical to this E3 3000+ CPU. A slight difference can be seen on the packaging: this one is assembled in China, the other in Malaysia.... > Read more

Identical to this one except for the location where the CPU has been assembled. Fabrication of the 'die' (core) happened in Dresden, Germany but assembling them onto a package with a heatspreader usually happens elsewhere. In this case in China.... > Read more

Identical to my other AMD Athlon 64 1500+ but one year newer according to it's production date.... > Read more

A single-core Athlon 64 based on the 'San Diego' core. It has been released in May 2005 in the time-frame when dual-core CPU's also started to hit the market.

The fastest 'San Diego' single-core Athlon 64 is the 4000+ running at 2.4GHz with 1MB L2-cache. The 3700+ runs at 2.2GHz.... > Read more

High-end single-core at it's end. Both the Athlon 64 3800+ and 4000+ run at 2400MHz with the latter having extra 512KB L2-cache. In 2006 people could choose between the Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4GHz) and the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2GHz). Applications and games specific for dual-core CPU's weren't around so m... > Read more

Just like this CPU but with a different OPN (CW at the end, rather than CN). This particular CPU has been manufactured a year later (35th week of 2007). In that time-frame it was considered a budget CPU; especially because this CPU is single-core and most ne... > Read more

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