Low-Power war: Instruction sets
| Feature |
AMD AM1 |
AMD since |
Year |
Intel Bay Trail |
Intel Brasswell |
Intel since |
Year |
|---|
| MMX |
Yes |
AMD K6 |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
P5 Pentium MMX |
1996 |
| SSE |
Yes |
AMD K8 Athlon 64
Clawhammer/Sledgehammer |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Pentium III |
1999 |
| SSE2 |
Yes |
AMD K8 Athlon 64
Clawhammer/Sledgehammer |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Pentium 4 Willamette |
2000 |
| AMD64/EM64T |
Yes |
AMD K8 Athlon 64
Clawhammer/Sledgehammer |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Pentium 4 Prescott |
2004 |
| SSE3 |
Yes |
AMD K8 Athlon 64
Venice/San Diego |
2005 |
Yes |
Yes |
Pentium 4 Prescott |
2004 |
| AMD-V/Intel-VTx |
Yes |
AMD K8 Athlon 64
Orleans/Windsor |
2006 |
Yes |
Yes |
Pentium 4 Prescott |
2004 |
| SSE4a |
Yes |
AMD K10 Barcelona
Phenom Agena |
2007 |
No |
No |
|
|
| BMI1 |
Yes |
AMD K10 Barcelona
Phenom II Thuban |
2010 |
No |
No |
Intel Core2 Nehalem |
2008 |
| SSSE3 |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
Yes |
Yes |
Intel Core1 (Xeon Woodcrest) |
2006 |
| SSE4.1 |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
Yes |
Yes |
Intel Core2 Penryn |
2007 |
| SSE4.2 |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
Yes |
Yes |
Intel Core2 Nehalem |
2008 |
| AES(e.g. CLMUL) |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
No |
No |
Intel Xeon Gulftown
(Westmere-EP) |
2010 |
| AVX |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
No |
No |
Intel Core2 Sandy Bridge |
2011 |
| F16C |
Yes |
AMD Bulldozer |
2011 |
No |
No |
Intel Core2 Ivy Bridge |
2012 |
In the next round Intel will introduce its Apollo Lake SOCs, while AMD will hopefully have a new 25 Watt TDP (or less) Stoney Ridge SOC for Socket AM4
(or, preferably, still for Socket AM1, since memory controller, north- and southbridge are all integrated in the SOC)
