Hardware Roundup: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core Processor Edition

Category: CPU's
Posted: September 16, 2009 04:16AM
Author: Nemo

AMD has released its first quad-core processors under the Athlon II name with two new CPUs - the Athlon II X4 620 and X4 630. The processors are based on AMD's Socket AM3 and support both AM3 and AM2+ motherboards with DDR2 and DDR3 memory via its on-board dual-channel memory controller. Unlike its beefier Phenom II X4 siblings, the Athlon II X4 chips forgo the shared L3 cache and come with 512KB of L1 cache (64K of instruction and 64K of data cache per core) and an L2 cache of 2MB (512KB of data cache per core). Based on a 45nm manufacturing process, the processors have a TDP of 95 watts. The X4 620 is clocked at 2.6GHz and the X4 630 will come in at 2.8GHz. Today's roundup includes several reviews on the X4 620 which is targeted at the mainstream market an will be priced at $99 which should make it an excellent choice for budget-minded users, especially when paired with a 785G chipset motherboard.

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core Processor @ OCC
AMD Athlon II X4 620 and X4 630 Quad-core Processors Review - Redefining Budget Machines @ PC Perspective
AMD Athlon II X4 Processors Debut: Enter The $99 Quad-Core @ HotHardware
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor Review - Quad-Core for Mainstream @ TweakTown
Quad-Core on the Cheap: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor @ TechSpot

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