Dirk Broer
08-02-2016, 02:50 PM
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a processor socket that fitted each and every consumer CPU.
Sounds like a fairey tale? It is actually our own galaxy, at the end of last century and the socket is the so-called Socket 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7).
As Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7) states
"Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. It was released June 1995. The socket supersedes the earlier Socket 5, and accepts P5 Pentium microprocessors manufactured by Intel, as well as compatibles made by Cyrix/IBM, AMD, IDT and others. Socket 7 was the only socket that supported a wide range of CPUs from different manufacturers and a wide range of speeds."
Intel decided to leave the socketed design for its Pentium-II and make that new socket -actually a slot, Slot 1- a proprietary one, so the other manufacturers were stuck at Socket 7 for the time being. Here enters the Super Socket 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Socket_7), developed by AMD for their K6-2 and K6-III processors.
As it featured a 75 up to 100 MHz frontside bus -depending on the chipset and the settings on your mobo- and support for AGP, the other CPU manufacturers were able to compete with the Slot-1 boards with their PIIs and Celerons.
What could theoretically be fitted into a Super 7 board? (not all Socket 5 or Socket 7 designs will fit as the needed VCore value is sometimes unreachable)
Brand
Model
Official
FSB
Speed
in MHz
L1
Cache
L2
Cache
L3
Cache
Instruction
Sets
AMD
K5
50-66
75-133
8 KB data
16 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
K6
66
166-300
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
K6-2
66-100
266-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-2+
66-100
350-570
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
128 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-III
66-100
350-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
256 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-III+
66-100
350-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
with 20 KB pre-decode cache
256 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!, Extensions to 3DNow!
Cyrix
6x86, 6x86L
40-66
90-150
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
6x86MX
66-83
150-266
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
M2
66-100
233-433
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
IBM
6x86, 6x86L
40-66
90-150
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
6x86MX
66-83
150-300
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
IDT
Winchip C6
60-75
180-240
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
Winchip 2
60-100
200-300
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
Intel
Pentium P54
50-66
75-200
8 KB data
8 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
Pentium P55
60-66
120-233
16 KB data
16 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
Rise Technology
MP6
75-100
150-250
8 KB data
8 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
SGS-Thompson
(ST)
6x86
40-66
90-166
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
Sounds like a fairey tale? It is actually our own galaxy, at the end of last century and the socket is the so-called Socket 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7).
As Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7) states
"Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. It was released June 1995. The socket supersedes the earlier Socket 5, and accepts P5 Pentium microprocessors manufactured by Intel, as well as compatibles made by Cyrix/IBM, AMD, IDT and others. Socket 7 was the only socket that supported a wide range of CPUs from different manufacturers and a wide range of speeds."
Intel decided to leave the socketed design for its Pentium-II and make that new socket -actually a slot, Slot 1- a proprietary one, so the other manufacturers were stuck at Socket 7 for the time being. Here enters the Super Socket 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Socket_7), developed by AMD for their K6-2 and K6-III processors.
As it featured a 75 up to 100 MHz frontside bus -depending on the chipset and the settings on your mobo- and support for AGP, the other CPU manufacturers were able to compete with the Slot-1 boards with their PIIs and Celerons.
What could theoretically be fitted into a Super 7 board? (not all Socket 5 or Socket 7 designs will fit as the needed VCore value is sometimes unreachable)
Brand
Model
Official
FSB
Speed
in MHz
L1
Cache
L2
Cache
L3
Cache
Instruction
Sets
AMD
K5
50-66
75-133
8 KB data
16 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
K6
66
166-300
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
K6-2
66-100
266-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-2+
66-100
350-570
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
128 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-III
66-100
350-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
256 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
K6-III+
66-100
350-550
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
with 20 KB pre-decode cache
256 KiB, fullspeed
Onboard
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!, Extensions to 3DNow!
Cyrix
6x86, 6x86L
40-66
90-150
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
6x86MX
66-83
150-266
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
M2
66-100
233-433
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
IBM
6x86, 6x86L
40-66
90-150
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
6x86MX
66-83
150-300
256 bytes primary code cache
64 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
IDT
Winchip C6
60-75
180-240
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
Winchip 2
60-100
200-300
32 KB data
32 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX, 3DNow!
Intel
Pentium P54
50-66
75-200
8 KB data
8 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87
Pentium P55
60-66
120-233
16 KB data
16 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
Rise Technology
MP6
75-100
150-250
8 KB data
8 KB Instructions
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87,
MMX
SGS-Thompson
(ST)
6x86
40-66
90-166
256 bytes primary code cache
16 KB unified data/code write-back cache
Onboard
None
IA-32(x86), x87