Specifications
| General information |
| Type | CPU / Microprocessor |
| Market segment | Mobile |
| Family | AMD A6-Series for Notebooks |
| Model number ? | A6-3420M |
| CPU part number | AM3420DDX43GX is an OEM/tray microprocessor |
| Frequency ? | 1500 MHz |
| Turbo frequency | 2400 MHz |
| Package | 722-pin micro-PGA |
| Socket | Socket FS1 |
| Introduction date | December, 2011 |
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| Architecture / Microarchitecture |
| Microarchitecture | K10 |
| Platform | Sabine |
| Processor core ? | Llano |
| Core stepping ? | LN1-B0 |
| Manufacturing process | 0.032 micron |
| Data width | 64 bit |
| The number of cores | 4 |
| The number of threads | 4 |
| Floating Point Unit | Integrated |
| Level 1 cache size ? | 4 x 64 KB 2-way set associative instruction caches
4 x 64 KB 2-way set associative data caches |
| Level 2 cache size ? | 4 x 1 MB 16-way set associative caches |
| Multiprocessing | Uniprocessor |
| Features | - MMX technology
- 3DNow!
- SSE
- SSE2
- SSE3
- SSE4A ?
- AMD64 technology ?
- Enhanced Virus Protection ?
- Virtualization technology ?
- Turbo Core technology
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| On-chip peripherals | - Dual-channel DDR3 memory controller
- PCI Express 2.0 interface
- Radeon HD 6520G graphics controller
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| Electrical/Thermal parameters |
| V core ? | 0.9125V - 1.4125V |
| Maximum operating temperature ? | 100°C |
| Thermal Design Power ? | 35 Watt |
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| Notes on AMD AM3420DDX43GX |
- Integrated Radeon HD 6520G GPU runs at 400 MHz and has 320 shader units
- Processor supports memory up to DDR3-1333 and LV DDR3-1333
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CPUs, related to AMD A6-3420M
• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)
News
Dec 20, 2011: Last Friday Turkish site Donanimhaber published a few slides, one
of which revealed release date and official prices of A6-3670K and
A8-3870K Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). Two processors will be
launched on December 26, priced at $115 for A6 model, and $135 for A8
model. AMD today added specifications of these processors to
their
product database, thus confirming imminent release of both
CPUs.
Dec 07, 2011: Current AMD mobile "Sabine" platform was launched in June of this
year, and, as we reported in October, was due for refresh this
quarter. Today AMD quietly
added details on seven new SKUs to Sabine platform
specifications, and to notebook APU product information pages. That
usually means that processors are either officially released, or will
be released within days. Newly introduced A-Series microprocessors are a mix of
dual-core and quad-core models, targeting either higher performance on
"MX" chips, or power consumption on "M" parts.
Oct 25, 2011: One month ago user "Konrad" in 3DCenter forum posted
several slides from AMD mobile roadmap. The slides included
details of AMD mobile platforms until the end of 2012. Also, the
slides revealed AMD plans to refresh current Sabine platform later
this year with seven new "Llano" Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).
New processors are A4-3305M, A4-3320M, A4-3330MX, A6-3420M, A6-3430MX,
A8-3520M, and A8-3550MX. All these models appeared
in recently revised PDF file on HP website.
Sep 07, 2011: Current generation of mobile AMD Accelerated Processing units
(APUs) was launched in June of this year. The initial line-up was
comprised of 8 dual- and quad-core microprocessors from E2- and
A-Series, including 4 models with averaged maximum power 35 Watt. No
additional models were released or announced (or sighted) since then.
In August, Hewlett Packard updated "Maintenance and Service Guide"
for HP Pavilion g7 line of notebooks, and added three
new A-Series model numbers, A4-3320M, A6-3420M and A8-3520M.
CPU ID (1)
NOTE: CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and
may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the
AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon HD Graphics AM3420DDX43GX CPU.
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| CPU Family: | A6-3420M APU with Radeon HD Graphics |
| Model Number: | |
| Frequency: | 1497 MHz |
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| Part number: | AM3420DDX43GX |
| Stepping Code: | |
| Comment: | |
| Submitted by: | |
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| General information |
| Vendor: | AuthenticAMD |
| Processor name (BIOS): | AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics |
| Cores: | 4 |
| Logical processors: | 4 |
| Processor type: | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature: | 300F10 |
| Family: | 18 (012h) |
| Model: | 1 (01h) |
| Stepping: | 0 (00h) |
| Cache: |
L1 data |
L1 instruction |
L2 |
| Size: |
4 x 64 KB |
4 x 64 KB |
4 x 1 MB |
| Associativity: |
2-way set associative |
2-way set associative |
16-way set associative |
| Line size: |
64 bytes |
64 bytes |
64 bytes |
| Lines per tag: |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| Instruction set extensions | Additional instructions |
| MMX |
Advanced Bit manipulation |
| AMD extensions to MMX |
CLFLUSH |
| 3DNow! |
CMOV |
| Extensions to 3DNow! |
CMPXCHG16B |
| SSE |
CMPXCHG8B |
| SSE2 |
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE |
| SSE3 |
MONITOR/MWAIT |
| SSE4A |
POPCNT |
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PREFETCH/PREFETCHW |
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SYSCALL/SYSRET |
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SYSENTER/SYSEXIT |
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| Major features | Other features |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit |
1 GB large page support |
| 64-bit / Intel 64 |
100MHz multiplier control |
| NX bit/XD-bit |
128-bit SSE instructions |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) |
36-bit page-size extensions |
| Turbo Core |
Advanced programmable interrupt controller |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet |
Core multi-processing legacy mode |
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Debugging extensions |
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Extended APIC space |
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Hardware P-state control |
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Hardware thermal control |
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Instruction based sampling |
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LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode |
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LBR virtualization |
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LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 |
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Machine check architecture |
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Machine check exception |
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Memory-type range registers |
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Misaligned SSE mode |
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Model-specific registers |
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Nested page tables |
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OS visible workaround |
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Page attribute table |
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Page global extension |
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Page-size extensions (4MB pages) |
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Physical address extensions |
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RDTSCP |
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SKINIT and STGI support |
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SVM lock |
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Software thermal control |
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Support for NRIP save |
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THERMTRIP |
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TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states |
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Temperature sensor |
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Time stamp counter |
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Virtual 8086-mode enhancements |
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Watchdog timer support |
Turbo Frequency
Turbo Frequency can be up to 3.0Ghz without any overheating and error such as blue screen. This is fascinating and quite good option for low price notebook processor with a medium range spec.