Released AMD's Top Quad-Core Phenom II X4 980

In early May, AMD released five new products for the Socket AM3 platform. Among them, the top-level quad-core Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition was a lot of attention, but it took more than a month before it finally began to appear in the retail market.

The frequency of the Phenom II X4 980 BE has been increased to 3.7 GHz, while other specifications are fully consistent with existing models of the series, such as 2 MB of L2 cache, 6 MB of L3 cache, 4 GHz HT bus, especially thermal design power is still controlled 125W, and continue to open frequency multiplier.

The official wholesale price of this high-end quad-core is US$185, and it currently retails for about 17,000 yen in Japan's Akihabara market, or about 1,370 yuan.

The simultaneous launch of the high-end dual-core Phenom II X2 570, the energy-efficient quad-core Athlon II X4 620e, and the energy-efficient triple-core Athlon II X3 425e are all still missing, with only a few online stores occasionally booking. Another standard triple-core Athlon II X3 460 is the best, and it can be purchased in some large European and American online stores, but it is not yet available in China.

There is also a quad-core Phenom II X4 850 3.3GHz that was renamed from the Athlon II X4 655. It can also be seen for bookings, ranging from $115-$120.