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We already reported that the performance of phenom X4 II exceeds Phenom X4 by 5-15%, depending on the task type . The considerable superiority degree is ensured by the cache in the third level , increased from 2 to 6 Mb.
AMD, published a complete list of differences in the new Phenom X4 II from the old Phenom X4:
- 45 NM technological manufacturing process, allow to increase the core clock frequencies and to decrease currents leakage .
- Increased cache in the third level. Most noticeable for user change. It will increase the performance in the dependant on cache volume tasks, such as games.
- Cache access time ( the third level ) was reduced by 2 times. this will give a small acceleration.
- Increase in the memory capacity . If we examine the server versions shanghai and Barcelona core, then Shanghai can support DDR 2-800, while Barcelona is limited to DDR 2-667 support. Furthermore, the memory controller in k10 processors works at separate frequency, which is lower than the core frequency .
- The L1 and L2 caches are copied in L3 cache, and the core being located in the economical regime, consumes less energy than predecessor.
- The predictor of indirect passages appeared. Thus, the effectiveness of predictor will be a little improved.
- Two-fold increase in the capacity of protocol demands , maintenance of caches coherence . This will allow to increase the performance in multi-threaded tasks.
- Increased buffer devices , floating-point calculations.
Let us leave the remained changes without commentaries, since they are completely specific:
- Increased performance in a number of cases with the use of LOCK prefix .
- Improved performance of displacement instruction with floating points between the processor registers .
It is worthwhile to note that different improvements in the core micro-architecture, are capable of ensuring, on average, only 3% of advantage in comparison with Agena core , and basic increase is ensured by the cache and increased clock frequencies. Related Products :
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