AMD Athlon 64 FX

This page will show all objects that classify as AMD Athlon 64 FX. The Athlon 64 FX has been made by Advanced Micro Devices, a multinational semiconductor that develops microprocessors, chipsets and graphic processors (ATi). AMD is the second largest microprocessor manufacturer after Intel and has active since 1969.

In 1982 AMD signed a contract with Intel to become a licensed second-source manufacturer. IBM wanted the Intel 8086/8088 but IBM's policy stated that at least two suppliers should be available. This is why the first AMD processors always have 'Intel' printed somewhere. After a while AMD didn't get the license to produce Intel processors anymore and thus AMD started cloning the 386 and launched the Am386. Since the AMD K5, AMD didn't clone the Intel processor but started developing on their own. The K5 wasn't a big success but thanks to NexGen that merged into AMD the K6 could be made. AMD could compete and has a range of processors today including six-core Opterons and a good performing quad-core for the desktop called the Phenom II X4.

AMD also acquired ATi to get in-house graphics chips. These are integrated in chipsets to create cheap motherboard solutions. In the future (The Future is Fusion as AMD calls it) the plans are to integrate the graphics chip into the processor.

View processor details AMD Athlon 64 FX 51 'ADAFX51CEP5AK'
AMD Athlon 64 FX 51 'ADAFX51CEP5AK'

Once this was the fastest CPU AMD had on the market. AMD released it on 23 September along with the first generation Athlon 64 CPU's. It was a bit faster than the Athlon 64 3200+ because it had 200MHz more and a dual-channel memory controller.

Technically this Athlon 64 FX is the same as an Opteron. They even share the same socket so I used my dual Opteron S940 motherboard to test this CPU.

Unfortunatly I have only one DDR266 CL2.5 DDR-SDRAM ECC Registered memory module so the benchmarks of the FX 51 are not optimal. > Read more