AMD Socket M2 to arrive in April

AMD is preparing to launch its Socket M2 based processors in April. These new Socket M2 processors will feature dual-channel DDR2 667MHz memory support and HTT is increased from 200MHz to 333MHz.

The initial line-up of the Socket M2 includes Athlon 64 FX (Windsor), Athlon 64 X2 (Windsor), Athlon 64 (Orleans) as well as Sempron (Manila). Even the budget Sempron series will support Dual Channel therefore Socket M2 will completely replace Socket 939 and Socket 754.

These processors are still 90nm parts and thus it is unlikely that they will have highed clockspeeds than 3GHz. This may make it possible for Intel to overtake the performance crown with its Conroe in the second half of this year, according to VR Zone.

Family	Core	Model	Clock Speed	L2 Cache
Athlon 64 FX	Windsor	FX-62	2.8GHz	2 x 1MB
Athlon 64 X2		5000+	2.6GHz	2 x 1MB
		4800+	?	?
		4600+	?	?
		4200+	?	?
Athlon 64	Orleans	4000+	2.6GHz	512KB
		3800+	2.4GHz	512KB
		3500+	2.2GHz	512KB
Sempron	Manila	3500+	2.2Ghz	256KB
		3400+	2.0GHz	256KB
		3200+	1.8GHz	256KB
		3000+	1.6GHz	256KB

Source: VR-Zone.