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AMD K5
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The K5 is AMD's first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house. Introduced in March 1996, its primary competition was Intel's Pentium microprocessor. The K5 was an ambitious design, closer to a Pentium Pro than a Pentium regarding technical solutions and internal architecture. However, the final product was closer to the Pentium regarding performance, although faster clock-for-clock compared to the Pentium.
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![]() An AMD K5 PR166 microprocessor | |
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Launched | March 27, 1996 (SSA/5) October 7, 1996 (5k86) |
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Max. CPU clock rate | 75 MHz to 133 MHz |
FSB speeds | 50 MHz to 66 MHz |
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L1 cache | 8 KB + 16 KB (data + instructions) |
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Application | Desktop, Embedded |
Microarchitecture | K5 |
Instruction set | IA-32/x86 |
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Predecessor | Am5x86 |
Successor | K6 |
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