Comparison of AMD chipsets

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This is a comparison of chipsets sold under the brand AMD, manufactured before May 2004 by the company itself, before the adoption of open platform approach as well as chipsets manufactured by ATI Technologies (ATI) after July 2006 as the completion of the ATI acquisition.

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[edit] Comparison of Northbridges

Codename Model Release
Date		 Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)		 Max FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)		 CrossFire
Enabled		 Features Southbridge NB-SB Interface Notes
AMD-640 AMD-640 chipset K6,K6-2,
K6-3,K6-2+
(Super 7)

(supported Cyrix 6x86, Cyrix MII)

 100 (FSB) No AMD-645 AMD licensed VIA's
Apollo VP2/97
AMD-751 AMD-750 chipset 1999 Athlon, Duron
(Slot A, Socket A),
Alpha 21264		 200 (FSB) No AGP 2x AMD-756, VIA-VT82C686A SDRAM
Chipset family name "Irongate".
Early steppings had issues over AGP 2x, drivers often limit to AGP 1x which was later fixed with "super bypass" memory access adjustment. [1]
AMD-761 AMD-760 chipset November 2000 Athlon, Athlon XP ,Duron
(Socket A),
Alpha 21264		 266 (FSB) No AGP 4x AMD-766, VIA-VT82C686B DDR SDRAM
AMD-762 AMD-760MP chipset May 2001 Athlon MP No AGP 4x AMD-766
AMD-760MPX chipset May 2001 Athlon MP No AGP 4x, Hardware RNG AMD-768 Most initial boards shipped without USB headers due to a fault with the integrated USB controller found too late to fix. Manufactures included PCI USB cards to cover this shortcoming. A later refresh of the chipset had the USB problem remedied.
AMD-8111 AMD-8000 series chipset April 2004 Opteron 800 No Hardware RNG AMD-8131, AMD-8132
RD480 AMD 480X chipset/
(previously CrossFire Xpress 1600)		 October 2006 Athlon 64 family,
Sempron		 110 1000 Yes, x8+x8 SB600, ULi-M1575 A-Link Express II
RD570 AMD 570X/550X chipset/
(previously CrossFire Xpress 3100)		 June 2007 Phenom family [2],
Athlon 64 family,
Sempron		 1000 Yes, x16+x8 SB600 A-Link Express II
RD580 AMD 580X chipset/
(previously CrossFire Xpress 3200)		 October 2006 Phenom family,
Athlon 64 family,
Sempron		 1000 Yes, x16+x16 SB600 A-Link Express II
RS690C AMD 690V chipset February 2007 Athlon 64 family,
Sempron		 80 1000 No Radeon X700 IGP
(Radeon X1200, 350 MHz),
AVIVO,
HDCP, no LVDS (DVI and HDMI)		 SB600 A-Link Express II
RS690 AMD 690G chipset February 2007 Phenom family,
Athlon 64 family,
Sempron		 80 1000 No Radeon X700 IGP
(Radeon X1250, 400 MHz),
AVIVO,
HDMI with HDCP		 SB600 A-Link Express II
RS690MC AMD M690V chipset February 2007 Turion 64 X2,
Athlon 64 X2 mobile		 80 800 No Radeon X700 IGP
(Radeon X1200, 350 MHz), AVIVO, HDCP, no LVDS (DVI and HDMI)		 SB600 A-Link Express II Mobile chipset
Powerplay 7.0
RS690M AMD M690 chipset February 2007 Turion 64 X2,
Athlon 64 X2 mobile		 80 800 No Radeon X700 IGP
(Radeon X1250, 350 MHz), AVIVO, HDCP, no HDMI		 SB600 A-Link Express II Mobile chipset
Powerplay 7.0
RS690T AMD M690T chipset February 2007 Turion 64 X2,
Athlon 64 X2 mobile		 80 800 No Radeon X700 IGP
(Radeon X1270, 400 MHz), AVIVO, HDMI with HDCP		 SB600 A-Link Express II Mobile chipset
Powerplay 7.0
RX740 AMD 740 chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 55 1000 No Single PCI-E x16 SB600, SB700, SB750 A-Link Express II
RS740 AMD 740G chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 55 1000 No DirectX 9 IGP, HDMI with HDCP SB600, SB700, SB750 A-Link Express II
RX780 AMD 770 chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 65 2600 No External PCIe cabling,
Single PCI-E x16		 SB600, SB700, SB750 A-Link Express II
RS780 AMD 780G chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 55 2600 Yes DirectX 10 IGP, HDCP with HDMI, DisplayPort with DPCP SB700, SB750 A-Link Express II
RS780M AMD M780G chipset 2008 Turion X2,
Turion Ultra		 55 2600 Yes, PowerXpress
AXIOM/MXM Module(s)		 DirectX 10 IGP, HDCP with HDMI, Displayport, DVI & VGA SB700 A-Link Express II Mobile Chipset, Puma Platform
PowerXpress
RS780D AMD 790GX chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 55 2600 Yes [3] DirectX 10 IGP, HDCP with HDMI, DisplayPort with DPCP SB750 A-Link Express II
RD780 AMD 790X chipset 2008 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 65 2600 Yes, x8+x8 SB600, SB700, SB750 A-Link Express II
RD790 AMD 790FX chipset November 2007 Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 65 2600 Yes, CrossFire X
(dual x16
or quad x8)		 SB600, SB750 A-Link Express II Support for AMD Quad FX platform (FASN8),
dual socket enthusiast platform
with NUMA, single socket variant available
720 pin FC-BGA package running at 1.1 V
RD8xx AMD 800 chipset series 2009 Opteron family
Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 45  ? Yes Dual or Quad-card CrossFire SB700, SB750, SB8xx A-Link Express II will include IOMMU for hardware virtualization (the same features as VT-d, the virtualization included by Intel on some of their chipsets)
RD8xxS AMD 800 chipset series 2009 Opteron family
Athlon 64 family,
Phenom family,
Sempron		 45  ? ?  ? SB700S, SB750S A-Link Express II AMD's return to server chipset market since the release of the AMD-8111 chipset
Codename Model Release
Date		 Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)		 Max FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)		 CrossFire
Enabled		 Features Southbridge NB-SB Interface Notes

Note 1: A-Link Express and A-Link Express II are essentially PCI-Express x4 lanes.

Note 2: For the comparison of chipsets sold under the ATI brand for AMD processors, before the completion of the acquisition of ATI, please see Comparison of ATI Chipsets.

[edit] Comparison of Southbridges

Codename Model Year Fab process (nm) SATA Ports USB Ports Audio IDE Channels
(2 Devices/Channel)		 Notes
AMD-645 AMD 640 Chipset 2 ATA/33
AMD-756 AMD 750 Chipset 1999 4 USB 1.1 2 ATA/66
AMD-766 AMD 760 Chipset 2001 4 USB 1.1 2 ATA/100
AMD-768 AMD 760MP Chipset 2001 4 USB 1.1 AC97 2 ATA/100
Geode CS5530 Geode GX1 AC97 ATA/33 National Semiconductor
release
Geode CS5530A Geode GXm
Geode GXLV		 AC97 ATA/33 National Semiconductor
release
Geode CS5535 Geode GX 4 USB 1.1 AC97 2 ATA/66
Geode CS5536 Geode LX 4 USB 2.0 AC97 2 ATA/100
AMD-8131 AMD 8111
nForce Professional
ULi-1563		 2004 PCI-X
AMD-8132 AMD 8111
nForce Professional
ULi-1563		 2004 PCI-X 2.0
AMD-8151 AMD-8131 2004 AGP 8X
SB600 AMD 480/570/580/690
CrossFire Chipset		 2006 130 4 10 USB 2.0 HD 1 ATA/133 RAID 0, 1, 0+1
eSATA, ASF 2.0
549 pin FC-BGA package
SB700 AMD 700 chipset series 2007 55 6
AHCI 1.1		 12 USB 2.0
2 USB 1.1		 HD 1 ATA/133 RAID 0, 1, 0+1
eSATA, DASH 1.0
SB700S AMD 700S chipset series 2008 55 6
AHCI 1.1		 12 USB 2.0
2 USB 1.1		 HD 1 ATA/133 RAID 0, 1, 0+1
eSATA, DASH 1.0
Server southbridge
SB750 AMD 700 chipset series 2008 55 6
AHCI 1.1		 12 USB 2.0
2 USB 1.1		 HD 1 ATA/133 RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1
eSATA, DASH 1.0
SB8xx AMD 800 chipset series 2009 55 6
AHCI 1.2		 14 USB 2.0
2 USB 1.1		 Gb Ethernet
Fusion SB 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ AMD's Super Bypass - AMD Improves their 750 Chipset : Introduction - Tom's Hardware
  2. ^ AMD Phenom Motherboard compatibility matrix
  3. ^ [1] from the official ATI website

[edit] See also

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