sse 4.1 am3 socket processor

[lovneet]

can anyone tell me if there is am3 socket processor which support sse4.1 instructions?

 

[Bakhus Mps]

According to my searches, Bullzdozer AMD CPUs have that instruction set and though are AM3+ are backwards compatible with AM3 sockets, depending on MB manufacturer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldozer_%28microarchitecture%29

 

[gasparmx]

SSE4.1 is only the first part of SSE4 instruction set. SSE4.1 was first introduced in Intel Penryn core in January 2008. The first AMD microprocessors with SSE 4.1 support were Bulldozer-based FX-Series and Opteron 6200. These families were released in October and November 2011 respectively.

Source: http://www.cpu-world.com/Glossary/S/SSE4.1.html

 

[Pinhedd]

can anyone tell me if there is am3 socket processor which support sse4.1 instructions?

Hi,

only the AMD Bulldozer FX series microprocessors (AM3+) support the full set of SSE4 instructions (including AMD's SSE4a instructions). Although some AM3 motherboards support AM3+ CPUs, to the best of my knowledge they are not officially supported.

 

[synphul]

I don't think so. Am3's support the phenom ii cpu's which are k10 based. The fx series on am3+ is when amd started using bulldozer which is the first in the amd lineup to support sse 4.1 and 4.2. There might be a bios update for a particular am3 motherboard which allows using an fx cpu but it's not always a guaranteed solution. Some people have updated their bios claiming to support fx chips and it either has extremely limited fx support or still none at all.

 

[lovneet]

i think my mobo is am3+(ga 78lmt s2pt rev3.1) but on gigabyte site they not listed fx 6300(fx 6100 is listed) in cpu support list

 

[Bakhus Mps]

Same architecture on those two, 6300 is just clocked higher and has a couple of extra instructions. If 6100 works, so should 6300.

Also, check out this post here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1746150/gigabyte-78lmt-s2pt-motherboard-support-amd-6300-processor.html#13074454