Jaguar (microarchitecture)

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Jaguar - Family 16h
General information
LaunchedMid-2013
Discontinuedpresent
Common manufacturer
Cache
L1 cache 64 KB per core [1]
L2 cache1 MB to 2 MB shared
Architecture and classification
Technology node 28 nm
Instruction set AMD64 (x86-64-v2)
Physical specifications
Sockets
Products, models, variants
Core names
  • Kabini
  • Temash
  • Kyoto
  • G-series
  • Athlon, Sempron, A4, A6, & E4
History
Predecessor Bobcat - Family 14h
Successors Puma - Family 16h (2nd-gen)
CPU of Xbox One X

The AMD Jaguar Family 16h is a low-power microarchitecture designed by AMD. It is used in APUs succeeding the Bobcat Family microarchitecture in 2013 and being succeeded by AMD's Puma architecture in 2014. It is two-way superscalar and capable of out-of-order execution. It is used in AMD's Semi-Custom Business Unit as a design for custom processors and is used by AMD in four product families: Kabini aimed at notebooks and mini PCs, Temash aimed at tablets, Kyoto aimed at micro-servers, and the G-Series aimed at embedded applications. Both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One use SoCs based on the Jaguar microarchitecture, with more powerful GPUs than AMD sells in its own commercially available Jaguar APUs. [2]

Contents

Design

A die shot of a Jaguar processor used in a Playstation 4 Pro AMD@16nm@Jaguar Polaris@Neo@Playstation 4 Pro@CXD90044GB Stack-DSC08867-DSC08882 - ZS-retouched (28006779559).jpg
A die shot of a Jaguar processor used in a Playstation 4 Pro

Instruction-set support

The Jaguar core has support for the following instruction sets and instructions: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, F16C, CLMUL, AES, BMI1, MOVBE (Move Big-Endian instruction), XSAVE/XSAVEOPT, ABM (POPCNT/LZCNT), and AMD-V. [1]

Improvements over Bobcat

Features

Processors

Consoles

Chip
(device)
Release date Fab Die area (mm2)CPUGPUMemoryStorageAPI supportSpecial features
Archi-
tecture
CoresClock (GHz)L2 cacheArchi-
tecture
Core config [a] Clock (MHz)GFLOPS [b] Pixel fillrate (GP/s) [c] Texture fillrate (GT/s) [d] OtherSizeBus type & widthBand-
width (GB/s)
AudioOther
Liverpool
(PS4)
Nov 201328 nm348Jaguar2 modules with 4 cores each1.62× 2 MiB GCN 2 1152:72:32
18 CU
800184325.657.68 ACEs 8 GiBGDDR5
256-bit
176 3DBD/DVD
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
Easily replaceable hard drive
USB 3.0
OpenGL 4.2, GNM, GNMX and PSSL Dolby Atmos (BD)
S/PDIF
PS VR
PS4 additional modules
HDR10 (except discs) [e]
CEC
Optional IR sensor
Durango
(Xbox One)
3631.75768:48:16
12 CU
853131013.640.92 ACEs32 MiBESRAM [f] 2043DBD/DVD/CD
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
USB 3.0
Direct3D 11.2 and 12Fully Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Windows Sonic
S/PDIF
Xbox One additional modules
FreeSync (1)
HDMI 1.4 through
IR sensor and IR out port
Kensington lock
8 GiBDDR3
256-bit
68
Edmonton
(Xbox One S) [6]
Jun 201616 nm240914140414.643.932 MiBESRAM219 4KBD/3DBD/DVD/CD [g]
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
USB 3.0
Fully Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Windows Sonic
S/PDIF
Xbox One S additional modules
Fully HDR10
Dolby Vision (streaming)
FreeSync (1&2)
HDMI 1.4 through
IR sensor and IR out port
Kensington lock
8 GiBDDR3
256-bit
68
Liverpool?
(PS4 Slim)
Sep 20162081.61152:72:32
18 CU
800184325.657.68 ACEs8 GiBGDDR5
256-bit
1763DBD/DVD
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
Easily replaceable hard drive
USB 3.0
OpenGL 4.2, GNM, GNMX and PSSL Dolby Atmos (BD)PS VR
PS4 Slim additional modules
HDR10 (except discs)
CEC
Optional IR sensor
Neo
(PS4 Pro) [7] [8] [9]
Nov 20163252.13 GCN 4
Polaris
[10]
2304:144:32
36 CU
911419858.3131.24 ACEs and 2  HWS
Double-rate  FP16 [h]
checkerboard rendering
8 GiB
[11]
GDDR5
256-bit
2183DBD/DVD
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
Easily replaceable hard drive
USB 3.0
OpenGL 4.2 (4.5), GNM, GNMX and PSSL Dolby Atmos (BD)
S/PDIF
PS VR
PS4 Pro additional modules
HDR10 (except discs)
Up to 4K@60 Hz
CEC
Optional IR sensor
1 GiBDDR3 [i]  ?
Scorpio
(Xbox One X) [12] [13] [14]
Nov 2017359 Customized
Jaguar
2.32560:160:32
40 CU
1172600137.5187.54 ACEs and 2 HWS12 GiBGDDR5
384-bit
3264KBD/3DBD/DVD/CD
1× 2.5" SATA hard drive
USB 3.0
Direct3D 11.2 and 12Fully Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Windows Sonic
S/PDIF
Xbox One X additional modules
Fully HDR10
Dolby Vision (streaming)
FreeSync (1&2)
Up to 4K@60 Hz
HDMI 1.4b through
IR sensor and IR out port
  1. Unified Shaders  : Texture Mapping Units  : Render Output Units
  2. Precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation.
  3. Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of ROPs multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
  4. Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of TMUs multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
  5. UHD BD is the only video disc format supporting HDR.
  6. Cache
  7. "Digital" version does not have an optical drive.
  8. Feature preview of Rapid Packed Math, introduced in GCN 5 Vega.
  9. Swap

Desktop

SoCs using Socket AM1:

ModelCPUGPUTDP

(W)

DDR3

Memory

Speed

Socket
CoresFreq.

(GHz)

L2

Cache

(MB)

ModelCores (unified shaders  :
texture mapping units  :
render output units)
Freq.

(MHz)

Athlon 537042.22Radeon R3128:8:4 [15] 600251600 AM1
Athlon 5350 [16] 2.05
Athlon 51501.6
Sempron 38501.3450
Sempron 265021.4514001333

Desktop/Mobile (28 nm)

Target
segment
ModelCPUGPUTDP

(W)

DDR3

Memory

Turbo

Core

CoresFreq.

(GHz)

Turbo

(GHz)

L2

Cache

(MB)

ModelConfig.Freq.

(MHz)

Turbo

(MHz)

Notebooks
/Mini-PCs [17]
A6-520042.02HD 8400128:8:4 [18] 60025(L)1600No
A4-51001.55HD 833050015
A4-50001.50
NotebooksE2-300021.651HD 8280450
E1-25001.4HD 8240400(L)1333
E1-21001.0HD 82103009
TabletsA6-145041.42HD 82504008(L)1066Yes
A4-1350 [19] HD 82101066No
A4-125021(L)1333
A4-1200 [20] HD 81802253.9(L)1066

Server

Opteron X1100-series "Kyoto" (28 nm)

ModelStep.CPUMemory
support
TDP

(W)

ReleasedPart numberRelease

price

(USD)

CoresFreq.

(GHz)

TurboL2

Cache

(MB)

MultiVcore
X1150 B042.02DDR317May 2013OX1150IPJ44HM$64

Opteron X2100-series "Kyoto" (28 nm)

ModelStep.CPUGPUDDR3

Memory
support

TDP

(W)

ReleasedPart numberRelease

price

(USD)

CoresFreq.

(GHz)

Turbo

(GHz)

L2 Cache

(MB)

MultiVcoreModelConfigFreq.

(MHz)

Turbo
X2150 B041.92HD 840080022May 2013OX2150IAJ44HM$99
X2170 42.425September 2016OX2170IXJ44JB

Embedded

ModelCPUGPUTDP

(W)

DDR3

ECC

Memory

Speed

CoresFreq.

(GHz)

L2

Cache

(MB)

ModelConfig.Freq.

(MHz)

GX-420CA42.02HD 8400E128:8:4[ citation needed ]600251600
GX-416RA [21] [22] [23] [24] 1.615
GX-415GA1.5HD 8330E128:8:4[ citation needed ]500
GX-412TC [25] 1.061333
GX-411GA1.1HD 8210E128:8:4[ citation needed ]300151600
GX-217GA21.651HD 8280E450
GX-210HA1.0HD 8210E30091333
GX-210JAHD 8180E22561066

Jaguar derivative and successor

In 2017, a derivative of the Jaguar microarchitecture was announced in the APU of Microsoft's Xbox One X (Project Scorpio) revision to the Xbox One. [26] The Project Scorpio APU is described as a 'customized' derivative of the Jaguar microarchitecture, utilizing eight cores clocked at 2.3 GHz. [27] [28]

The Puma successor to Jaguar was released in 2014 and targeting entry level notebooks and tablets. [29]

References

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