At last... Mobile Athlon II and Turion II

[I_no]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834114717
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157036
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834114708
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157039
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834114716
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157046


Knew it was coming... its here at last!
Now there will be some real competition to Core 2 in mobile arena where 65nm K8 was having hard time keeping up with 45nm power consumption.


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Caspian (45 nm SOI)
Dual Stars core
L2 cache: 1 MiB per core, fullspeed (For Turion II and Athlon II), or
L2 cache: 2 MiB per core, fullspeed (For Turion II Ultra)
Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-800 MHz
MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, PowerNow!, NX bit, AMD-V
Socket S1
HyperTransport (1600 MHz, 3200 MT/s, 12.8 GB/s CPU-RAM + 14.4 GB/s CPU-I/O transfer rate)
HyperTransport (1800 MHz, 3600 MT/s on M600 models only)
Power consumption (TDP): 35 watt max

Clock rate: 2000, 2100 MHz (M3xx, L2 cache: 1 MiB)
Clock rate: 2200, 2300 MHz (M5xx, L2 cache: 1 MiB)
Clock rate: 2400, 2500, 2600 MHz (M6xx, L2 cache: 2 MiB)

35W TDP:
M300: 2000 MHz – Athlon II Dual-Core
M320: 2100 MHz – Athlon II Dual-Core
M500: 2200 MHz – Turion II Dual-Core
M520: 2300 MHz – Turion II Dual-Core
M600: 2400 MHz – Turion II Ultra Dual-Core
M620: 2500 MHz – Turion II Ultra Dual-Core
M640: 2600 MHz – Turion II Ultra Dual-Core

[DedEmbryonicCe1]

The last laptop you linked has the M520 but none were listing the M6xx processors yet. A M640 is what I'd consider getting my father as a replacement for his Pentium M @1.83GHz with DDR2 533. So any official word on whether these are Regor chips with half of the L2 disabled in the lower models?

[Newblar]

its good to know that amd will finally be updating their turion line, but at the same time intel is updating their line with mobile i7s

[informal]

The last laptop you linked has the M520 but none were listing the M6xx processors yet. A M640 is what I'd consider getting my father as a replacement for his Pentium M @1.83GHz with DDR2 533. So any official word on whether these are Regor chips with half of the L2 disabled in the lower models?

This one is Regor 100%:
http://products.amd.com/en-us/Notebo...6=&f7=&f8=&f9= (this one is a full fledged Regor,with full L2 and 128b SIMD)

I suppose that the ones with 1MB of total L2 are Regors too,with half of the L2 disabled.They(M5xx and not M6xx) should also have a support for 64bit SIMD too,and not full 128bit SIMD execution units support like full Regor cores(Phenom I/II and i7/C2 also have 128bit SIMD support,while K8 and Yonah don't).

its good to know that amd will finally be updating their turion line, but at the same time intel is updating their line with mobile i7s

Minority of users actually need Quad Core in their notebook.

[DedEmbryonicCe1]

its good to know that amd will finally be updating their turion line, but at the same time intel is updating their line with mobile i7s

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/.../models-lg.jpg

The mobile i7's from Intel aren't in any direct competition with the AMD chips mentioned above. The 10W-20W difference in TDP means a lot in a notebook as far as size and weight. I would also be skeptical about how often a 55W laptop part like the 920XM could reach it's turbo boost speeds without having to throttle back down.
From the AnandTech review:

The new Clarksfield i7-920XM isn't substantially faster than the old Core 2 QX9300 when it comes to running highly threaded code. The problem is that when running highly threaded code, Clarksfield's Turbo modes aren't able to fully activate. We end up with a Core i7 running at 2.26 GHz compared to a Core 2 running at 2.53 GHz, and overall performance is relatively close.

I can't find the MSRP for the Turion II Ultra's but considering the top desktop Regor is $76 I don't expect that the binning AMD has done for the mobile market drove the price up to the slowest i7 mobile, the 720QM, at $364.

[SnipingWaste]

What I would want is one with 15" screen or smaller with a HD4670/4650.

[Newblar]

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/.../models-lg.jpg

The mobile i7's from Intel aren't in any direct competition with the AMD chips mentioned above. The 10W-20W difference in TDP means a lot in a notebook as far as size and weight. I would also be skeptical about how often a 55W laptop part like the 920XM could reach it's turbo boost speeds without having to throttle back down.
From the AnandTech review:


I can't find the MSRP for the Turion II Ultra's but considering the top desktop Regor is $76 I don't expect that the binning AMD has done for the mobile market drove the price up to the slowest i7 mobile, the 720QM, at $364.

ive always been keeping arrandale in mind, but those new intel i7 mobiles dont look too good for battery performance
i would very much like to see high powered ati igp or discreet with the new regor based laptops.. would be a nice upgrade for my dad and his old dothan lappy

[I_no]

What I would want is one with 15" screen or smaller with a HD4670/4650.

You mean this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157046
-HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR NoteBook AMD Turion II M520(2.3GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650-

Comes on 22/10

[vengance_01]

You mean this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157046
-HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR NoteBook AMD Turion II M520(2.3GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650-

Comes on 22/10

almost 7 LBS

[richierich]

wow finally, I've been waiting for awhile.

[SnipingWaste]

You mean this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157046
-HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR NoteBook AMD Turion II M520(2.3GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650-

Comes on 22/10

What I want is a barebone 14" amd notebook with a hd4670/4650 so Im able to work on it when needed with out having to disassemble the whole notebook.

[TheBlueChanell]

This is good stuff. I would like something in the 12/13.1" form factor. Any news on a 45nm Netbook part? Neo's replacement.

[DedEmbryonicCe1]

The single core M1xx model(s) (1 core disabled) still have a TDP of 25W... Maybe there will be something later and it's just not announced yet? That or AMD doesn't want to downclock the good dual-cores enough to reach something suitable for a netbook.

[SocketMan]

I see no AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors (6xx series) CPUs on the newegg.


http://products.amd.com/en-ca/Notebo...&id=578&id=579


Is newegg getting a quarterly check from Intel as well?

[foch3 -USA-]

Screw Regor I want Turion II on the desktop, any chance of that? Kind of weird to see intel and amd going in different directions with their cache setups.

[DedEmbryonicCe1]

It's a different socket so no. The difference between a 240E and a M640 is minimal. Maybe the mobile version is binned slightly better but since we don't get exact TDP ratings anymore, just the ballpark <=35W or <=45W they could be closer than you think.

[Smartidiot89]

I see no AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors (6xx series) CPUs on the newegg.


http://products.amd.com/en-ca/Notebo...&id=578&id=579


Is newegg getting a quarterly check from Intel as well?

Have patience, soon more OEMs will release their mobile lines with AMD CPUs

[jcmarfilph]

Thought you might be interested in my Tigris Laptop review

http://tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=210319&page=1

Thanks

[RaV[666]]

What i would really like is a netbook with a ultra low voltage turion II/athlon II and ati igp.Because for now only choice seems to be crappy atom with even crappier igp or decent celerons with crappy however igps from intel.AMD could REALLY stir this segment.I cant comprehend why arent they doing this, this segment seems to be growing at a rapid pace.