Am5x86

Am5x86
An early Am5x86-P75 for Socket 3, model ADW
General information
LaunchedNovember 1995
Discontinued1999
Marketed byAMD
Designed byAMD
Common manufacturer
  • AMD
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate133 MHz to 160 MHz
FSB speeds33 MHz to 50 MHz
Cache
L1 cache4-way associative 16 KiB unified code and data, write-back or write-through.
L2 cacheMotherboard dependent
L3 cachenone
Architecture and classification
Technology node0.35 μm
Instruction setx86 (IA-32)
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 1
Packages
Sockets
History
PredecessorAm486
SuccessorAMD K5

The Am5x86 processor is an x86-compatible CPU announced in November of 1995 by AMD for use in 486-class computer systems.[1] It began shipping in December of 1995, with a base price of $93 per unit in bulk quantities.[2] Before being released, it was in development under the codename "X5".[3]

  1. ^ Crothers, Brooke (20 November 1995). "AMD targets Pentium with Am5x86". InfoWorld. Vol. 17, no. 47. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 25. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ Crothers, Brooke (6 November 1995). "Vendors muscle in on Pentium; AMD, Cyrix, and TI plan faster, cheaper processors". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 44. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Intel Rivals Prepare Faster Chips". InfoWorld. Vol. 17, no. 44. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. 30 October 1995. p. 3. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved 14 March 2022.