List of Intel Pentium II microprocessors
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The Pentium II
from Intel is a sixth-generation CPU
targeted at the consumer market.
Pentium II
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million...
from Intel is a sixth-generation CPU
Central processing unit
The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...
targeted at the consumer market.
"Klamath" (350 nm)
- All models support: MMX
- L2 cache is off-die and runs at 50% CPU speed
- Part numbers prefixed with a B are for boxed retail CPUs
"Deschutes" (250 nm)
- All models support: MMX
- L2 cache is off-die and runs at 50% CPU speed
- The Pentium II Overdrive is a Deschutes Pentium II core packaged for Socket 8Socket 8The Socket 8 CPU socket was used exclusively with the Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II Overdrive computer processors. Intel discontinued Socket 8 in favor of Slot 1 with the introduction of the Pentium II.-Technical specifications:...
operation. It comes with 512 KiB of off-die full-speed L2 cache, which makes it very similar to the Pentium II Xeon.
"Tonga" (250 nm)
- All models support: MMX
- L2 cache is off-die and runs at 50% CPU speed
"Dixon" (250 nm)
- All models support: MMX
- L2 cache is on-die and runs at 100% CPU speed
- Also known as Pentium II "Performance Enhanced"
- mqbA1 stepping is actually at 180 nm