AMD Phenom : which generation according to you ?

[Mixeur]

I'm planning to enter AMD Phenoms in my cpu database but, I have a problem to order it. Would it be a 9th generation cpu, or only a 8th (like Core 2 & Athlon 64)

[Chiefish]

I think they are considered K10, but im not positive

[debs3759]

They are 9th generation, and yes they are the K10 family

[andamus]

Hi,
for me they are 8th generation. they core it's "only" an enhanced Athlon 64 core without any architectural modification. Like the switch between P4 Willamete to P4 Nothwood (without HT)only "few" upgrade (L2 cache size, bus freq, etc) while the step from Nortwood to Prescot was greater in terms of architecure (pipelines goes from 20 stages to 31, 64bit core, etc etc)

[thomsonicus]

I agree with andamus - nothing really major has changed so there's no need to consider it another generation

[D.8080]

Space for plenty of innovation...

Commercially they are as Debs outlined, K10 9th generation (if they just didn't change much from K8 that's their bet )

[Mixeur]

As for me, I think it is 8th generation. Because there is no major Architecture change between Phenom and Athlon 64 X2.
At first, codename was not K10, but K8L... Marketing made them change even the codename, just as if it is was a brand name !