Phenom x3 8600

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Desktop

Family

AMD Phenom X3

Model number 

8600

CPU part number

• HD8600WCJ3BGD is an OEM/tray microprocessor

Stepping code

AAAZB AA

Frequency 

2300 MHz

Bus speed 

One 1800 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link (3.6 GT/s)

Clock multiplier 

11.5

Package

940-pin organic micro-PGA

Sockets

Socket AM2
Socket AM2+

Introduction date

Mar 27, 2008

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

K10

Platform

Cartwheel (mainstream platform with AMD 780G chipset)
Spider (performance platform with AMD 790FX/790GX chipsets)

Processor core 

Toliman

Core stepping 

DR-B2

CPUID

100F22

Manufacturing process

0.065 micron silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology

Die

285mm²

Data width

64 bit

The number of CPU cores

3

The number of threads

3

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size

3 x 64 KB 2-way set associative instruction caches
3 x 64 KB 2-way set associative data caches

Level 2 cache size

3 x 512 KB 16-way set associative caches

Level 3 cache size

2 MB 32-way set associative shared cache

Multiprocessing

Uniprocessor

Extensions and Technologies

• MMX instructions
• Extensions to MMX
• 3DNow! technology
• Extensions to 3DNow!
• SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
• SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
• SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
• SSE4a 
• AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology 
• AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology

Security Features

• EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection 

Low power features

• Cool'n'Quiet 2.0
• CoolCore technology 
• Independent Dynamic Core Technology 
• Dual Dynamic Power Management 
• Core C1 and C1E states
• Package S1, S3, S4 and S5 states

Integrated peripherals / components

Integrated graphics

None

Memory controller

The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels (per controller): 2
Memory channels (total): 2
Channel width (bits): 72
Supported memory: DDR2-1066
DIMMs per channel: up to 2
Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s): 17.1

Other peripherals

• HyperTransport 3.0 technology

Electrical / Thermal parameters

V core 

1.2V - 1.25V

V NorthBridge

1.25V

Maximum operating temperature

55°C - 71°C

Thermal Design Power

95 Watt