Summary: "C" (130nm): SledgeHammer, ClawHammer, Newcastle(Odessa, Dublin;; Paris) "D" (90nm): Winchester(Oakville, Georgetown, Sonora;; Palermo) "E" (90nm): Venice(Albany, Roma;; Palermo)/Manchester, San Diego(Newark, Lancaster; Venus, Troy, Athens)/Toledo(; Denmark, Italy, Egypt) "F" (90nm): Orleans(Keene, Richmond;; Manila)/Windsor(Taylor, Trinidad; Santa Ana, Santa Rosa) "G" (65nm): Lima(Huron, Sherman)/Brisbane(Tyler) "B1" Griffin (65nm): Griffin or Lion(Conesus, Sable) Excepting for Winchester which saw a tiny IPC uplift despite officially just being a die shrink, all generations perform roughly the same clock for clock so performance increases were largely through small clock bumps and increasing core count. Sep 2003: - SledgeHammer (Athlon 64 FX, Opteron) Socket 940 1MB L2 Cache 800MHz HT 2.2-2.4GHz 193mm2 die Up to 8 processor support - ClawHammer (Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX (2004), Mobile Athlon 64) Socket 754/939 512KB/1MB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (754) 1000MHz HT (939) 1.6-2.6GHz 193mm2 die Socket 939 introduced later as 512KB cache version of SledgeHammer. Later fully unlocked with the introduction of ClawHammer FX. Dec 2003: - Newcastle (Athlon 64), Odessa (Mobile Athlon 64), Paris (Sempron), Dublin (Mobile Sempron) Socket 754/939 128KB/256KB/512KB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (754) 1000MHz HT (939) 1.6-2.4GHz 144mm2 die Cost reduced ClawHammer (native 512KB cache die). AMD64 disabled on Dublin, Paris Oct 2004: - Winchester (Athlon 64), Oakville (Mobile Athlon 64), Palermo (Sempron), Georgetown (Mobile Sempron), Sonora (Mobile Sempron (Low power)) Socket 754 (Mobile and Sempron)/939 128KB/256KB/512KB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (754) 1000MHz HT (939) 1.6-2.2GHz 84mm2 die Die shrink from 130nm to 90nm Officially just a straight die shrink, but tested 1-7% IPC uplift AMD64 disabled on Palermo Apr 2005: - Venice (Athlon 64), Palermo (Sempron), Albany (Mobile Sempron), Roma (Mobile Sempron (Low power)) Socket 754/939 128KB/256KB/512KB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (754/939) 1000MHz HT (939) 1.0-2.4GHz 84mm2 die Adds SSE3 Adds LAHF/SAHF No performance uplift Improved memory controller Yes, AMD reused the Palermo name for Sempron AMD64 disabled on E3 stepping Palermo and all Albany, Roma May 2005: - Toledo (Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64), Denmark (Opteron), Italy (Opteron), Egypt (Opteron) Socket 939/940 512KB/1MB L2 Cache per core 1000MHz HT 1.6-2.8GHz 199mm2 die 2 Processor support in Italy 8 Processor support in Egypt Dual core San Diego (or 1MB dual core Venice) - Manchester (Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64) Socket 939 256KB/512KB L2 Cache per core 1000MHz HT 2.0-2.4GHz 147mm2 die Dual core Venice (or 512KB version of Toledo) Jun 2005: - San Diego (Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64), Newark (Mobile Athlon 64), Venus (Opteron), Troy (Opteron), Athens (Opteron), Lancaster (Turion 64 ML/MT) Socket 754 (Mobile)/939/940 512KB/1MB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (Mobile) 1000MHz HT 1.6-3.0GHz 115mm2 die 2 Processor support in Troy 8 Processor support in Athens 1MB cache version of Venice May 2006: - Orleans (Athlon 64), Manila (Sempron), Keene (Mobile Sempron), Richmond (Turion 64 MK) Socket AM2/S1 128KB/256KB/512KB/1MB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (Sempron) 1000MHz HT 1.6-2.6GHz 103mm2 die Adds AMD-V (Not on Manila, Keene) Adds CMPXCHG16B, RDTSCP, CLFLUSH Negligible performance increase due to DDR2 (AMD: "Expect about 1%") - Windsor (Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2), Santa Ana (Opteron), Santa Rosa (Opteron), Taylor (Turion 64 X2 TL), Trinidad (Turion 64 X2 TL) Socket AM2/F/S1 256KB/512KB/1MB L2 Cache per core 800MHz HT (Mobile) 1000MHz HT 183mm2 die 1.8-3.2GHz Up to 8 Processor support in Santa Rosa Dual core version of Orleans Jan 2007: - Lima (Athlon 64, Athlon LE), Sherman (Athlon Neo TF, Mobile Sempron), Huron (Athlon Neo MV (BGA), Sempron (mobile)), Sparta (Sempron) Socket AM2/S1g2 (Mobile)/ASB1 (Mobile BGA) 256KB/512KB L2 Cache 800MHz HT (Mobile/Sempron) 1000MHz HT 1.0-2.8GHz 77mm2 die Adds Prefetch/PrefetchW (Can run Windows 8.1+) No AMD-V on Sparta, Huron (Sempron) No significant performance change - Brisbane (Athlon 64 X2, Athlon X2, Sempron X2), Tyler (Athlon 64 X2 TK, Turion 64 X2 TL) Socket AM2/ASB1 (Mobile BGA)/S1 256KB (Mobile)/512KB L2 Cache per core 800MHz HT (Mobile) 1000MHz HT 126mm2 die 1.5-3.1GHz Dual core version of Lima No AMD-V on Sempron Jun 2008: - Griffin/Lion (Turon X2 Ultra ZM, Turion X2 RM, Athlon X2 QL), Conesus (Athlon Neo X2 L (BGA), Turion Neo X2 L (BGA)), Sable (Athlon QI, Sempron SI) Socket S1g2/ASB1 (BGA) 512KB/1MB L2 Cache per core 1800-2000MHz HT 2.0-2.5GHz Unknown die size Dual core Mobile only Various uncore improvements from K10, still K8 cores No AMD-V on Sable (Sempron)