AMD Athlon II 160u - AD160UEAK13GQ
Specifications
- 64 instruction set allows the CPU to run 64-bit Operating Systems, which increases system performance in comparison with 32-bit OSes.
- Enhanced Virus Protection prevents execution of unauthorized code in data memory, which stops many current and future computer viruses.
- Virtualization Technology improves performance of software that runs programs or operating systems in a virtual box.
The processor also supports SSE instructions from MMX and up to SSE3, as well as 3DNow! and four SSE4a instructions (SSE4a shouldn't be confused with SSE4). The Athlon II 160u incorporates Cool'n'Quiet 3.0 technology, which uses a number of techniques to reduce power consumption when parts of the CPU are not active. Thanks to its low frequency, single-core implementation and power-saving features, the 160u model has only 20 Watt Thermal Design Power. The Athlon II 160u is manufactured in 938-pin micro-PGA package, that visually looks almost indistinguishable from the 940-pin package. The CPU may work with DDR2 memory in socket AM2+ motherboards, or DDR3 memory in socket AM3 motherboards. The microprocessor was shipped only as an OEM processor in budget systems, such as Acer eMachines EL1332-E12 and eMachines ET1352.
The Athlon II 160u features one operational core, but it has, in fact, two physical cores on a die. The second core is disabled, and can be unlocked using BIOS ACC or similar feature. When unlocked, the processor is identified by BIOS as "AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260u Processor". Unlocking of the second core is not guaranteed, and may make the processor unstable.
The purpose of the Athlon II 160u microprocessor is to provide
sufficient performance in basic tasks, like e-mail or browsing, while
using very low power. For this reason it's impossible to compare the
160u with other AMD and Intel microprocessors. First, Intel doesn't
make any single core desktop CPUs. AMD does sell desktop Sempron line of
single-core processors, but they have much higher Thermal Design
Power. Ignoring the fact that we compare different class CPUs,
performance-wise the Athlon II 160u is 30% - 35% slower than Sempron
140. That result is expected because the Sempron incorporates the same
features as the Athlon II, and has 50% higher core frequency.
Tools
AMD Athlon II 160u specifications
| General information | |
| Type | CPU / Microprocessor |
| Market segment | Desktop |
| Family | AMD Athlon II |
| Model number ? | 160u |
| CPU part number | AD160UEAK13GQ is an OEM/tray microprocessor |
| Stepping code | NAEIC AE |
| Frequency ? | 1800 MHz |
| Bus speed ? | One 1800 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link |
| Clock multiplier ? | 9 |
| Package | 938-pin organic micro-PGA |
| AMD Package number | 30412 |
| Sockets | Socket AM2+ Socket AM3 |
| Weight | 1.4oz / 39.5g |
| Architecture / Microarchitecture | |
| Microarchitecture | K10 |
| Processor core ? | Sargas |
| Core stepping ? | C2 |
| Manufacturing process | 0.045 micron |
| Data width | 64 bit |
| The number of cores | 1 |
| The number of threads | 1 |
| Floating Point Unit | Integrated |
| Level 1 cache size ? | 64 KB code cache 64 KB data cache |
| Level 2 cache size ? | 1 MB |
| Level 3 cache size | None |
| Cache latency | 3 (L1 cache) 15 (L2 cache) |
| Multiprocessing | Uniprocessor |
| Features |
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| Low power features | Cool'n'Quiet 3.0 |
| On-chip peripherals |
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| Electrical / Thermal parameters | |
| V core ? | 0.875V - 1.225V |
| Maximum operating temperature ? | 55°C - 80°C |
| Thermal Design Power ? | 20 Watt |
CPUs, related to AMD Athlon II 160u (rev. C2)
| Model | Cores / Threads |
Freq. | L2 cache |
L3 cache |
TDP | Features | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Athlon II family, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3 | |||||||
| Athlon II 160u (rev. C2) | 1 / 1 | 1.8 GHz | 1 MB | 20 Watt | |||
| Athlon II 160u (rev. C3) | 1 / 1 | 1.8 GHz | 1 MB | 20 Watt | |||
| Athlon II 170u | 1 / 1 | 2 GHz | 1 MB | 20 Watt | |||
| Other families, K10 micro-architecture, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3 | |||||||
| Sempron 150 | 1 / 1 | 2.9 GHz | 1 MB | 45 Watt | |||
| Athlon X2 5200+ (0.045 micron) | 2 / 2 | 2.3 GHz | 1 MB | 65 Watt | |||
| Sempron X2 190 | 2 / 2 | 2.5 GHz | 1 MB | 45 Watt | |||
| Athlon II X2 280 | 2 / 2 | 3.6 GHz | 2 MB | 65 Watt | $49 | ||
| Phenom II X2 B60 | 2 / 2 | 3.5 GHz | 1 MB | 6 MB | 80 Watt | ||
| Phenom II X2 570 BE | 2 / 2 | 3.5 GHz | 1 MB | 6 MB | 80 Watt | Unlock | |
| Phenom II X3 B77 | 3 / 3 | 3.2 GHz | 1.5 MB | 6 MB | 95 Watt | ||
| Athlon II X3 460 | 3 / 3 | 3.4 GHz | 1.5 MB | 95 Watt | $69 | ||
| Athlon II X4 650 | 4 / 4 | 3.2 GHz | 2 MB | 95 Watt | |||
| Phenom II X4 980 | 4 / 4 | 3.7 GHz | 2 MB | 6 MB | 125 Watt | Unlock | $163 |
• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Athlon II 160u (rev. C2)
• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)
• The 'Price' column shows official AMD prices as of Apr 29, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.
• List of related CPUs is not complete.
• Features abbreviations:
FAQ
AMD 160u Overclocking
Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.
Pictures (3)
Bottom view |
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| AMD Athlon II 160u CPU | |
Top view. Stepping code NAEIC AE. |
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CPU-Z screenshot |
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Benchmarks
Benchmark tools
- For additional benchmarks, comparing multi-threaded performance of this microprocessor with other Athlon II CPUs and the fastest AMD and Intel x86 chips, please visit AMD Athlon II 160u (rev. C2) benchmarks page.
AMD 160u (rev. C2) benchmarks
The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the 160u (rev. C2) compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.
Benchmarked processor
| CPU ID: | 0F62h |
| CPU vendor string: | AuthenticAMD |
| CPU name string: | AMD Athlon(tm) II 160u Processor |
Integer performance
| Part number | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| 105.1% | ||
| 104.9% | ||
| 104.5% | ||
| 104.4% | ||
| 104.2% | ||
| 100% | ||
| 99.6% | ||
| 94.6% | ||
| 94.6% | ||
| 94.4% | ||
| 94.1% |
Floating Point performance
| Part number | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| 107.8% | ||
| 107.2% | ||
| 107.1% | ||
| 107.1% | ||
| 102.3% | ||
| 100% | ||
| 97.2% | ||
| 97% | ||
| 97% | ||
| 96.9% | ||
| 96.9% |
MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance
| Part number | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| 111.2% | ||
| 110.5% | ||
| 105.6% | ||
| 105.5% | ||
| 104.8% | ||
| 100% | ||
| 99.4% | ||
| 96.2% | ||
| 95.6% | ||
| 95.5% | ||
| 94.8% |
Memory-intensive program performance
| Part number | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| 125.6% | ||
| 125.1% | ||
| 115.1% | ||
| 109.7% | ||
| 105% | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98% | ||
| 96.3% | ||
| 94.6% | ||
| 91.7% | ||
| 89% |
CPU ID (1)
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CPUID features of AMD 160u
NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the AMD Athlon II 160u CPU.
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| General information | |
|---|---|
| Vendor: | AuthenticAMD |
| Processor name (BIOS): | AMD Athlon(tm) II 160u Processor |
| Cores: | 1 |
| Logical processors: | 1 |
| Processor type: | Original OEM Processor |
| Core stepping: | DA-C2 |
| CPUID signature: | 100F62 |
| Family: | 16 (010h) |
| Model: | 6 (06h) |
| Stepping: | 2 (02h) |
| Cache: | L1 data | L1 instruction | L2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size: | 64 KB | 64 KB | 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 |
| 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 | ||
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | |||
| RDTSCP | |||
| SKINIT / STGI support | |||
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | |||
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | |||
| 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 | ||
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | Advanced programmable interrupt controller | ||
| Debugging extensions | |||
| Extended APIC space | |||
| Hardware P-state control | |||
| Hardware thermal control | |||
| Instruction based sampling | |||
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | |||
| LBR virtualization | |||
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | |||
| Machine check architecture | |||
| Machine check exception | |||
| Memory-type range registers | |||
| Misaligned SSE mode | |||
| Model-specific registers | |||
| Nested page tables | |||
| OS visible workaround | |||
| Page attribute table | |||
| Page global extension | |||
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | |||
| Physical address extensions | |||
| SVM lock | |||
| Software thermal control | |||
| Support for NRIP save | |||
| THERMTRIP | |||
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | |||
| Temperature sensor | |||
| Time stamp counter | |||
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | |||
| Watchdog timer support | |||
Comments (1)
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Single or dual core
The AMD site states that this processor is a a dual core processor.
What can one believe? Single or dual core?
NB: Windows 7 identifies the processor as a single core processor...
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