Quad-core Athlon CPUs are further accelerating

The Athlon II X4 series is further expanded by AMD.

AMD's new processor architecture will debut next year, in the meantime, the manufacturer will patch up the current K10.5 architecture, slapping it wherever possible. This time, the Athlon II X4 series will be expanded with two members. One will be the Athlon II X4 650, which will want to draw attention with its 3,2 GHz core clock, the other model will be the Athlon II X4 615e, which will be an energy-saving processor with four cores at 2,5 GHz. will operate and do so at a maximum power consumption of 45 watts. Of course, neither model will have an L3 cache, nor will any Athlon II CPU.

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The 95-watt Athlon II X4 650 will hit the market in the fourth quarter with a $ 100 price tag (€ 100 in Europe).