Jaguar (microarchitecture)

Jaguar - Family 16h

Produced	From Mid-2013 to present
Common manufacturer(s)	AMD
Min. feature size	28 nm
Instruction set	AMD64 (x86-64)
L1 cache	64 KB per core[1]
L2 cache	1 MB to 2 MB shared
Socket(s)	Socket AM1 Socket FT3 (BGA-769)
Predecessor	Bobcat - Family 14h
Successor	Puma - Family 16h (2nd-gen)
Core name(s)	Kabini Temash Kyoto G-series Athlon, Sempron, A4, A6, & E4

The AMD Jaguar Family 16h is a low-power microarchitecture designed by AMD, and 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 chips based on the Jaguar microarchitecture, with more powerful GPUs than AMD sells in its own commercially available Jaguar APUs.^[2]

Design

• 32 KiB instruction + 32 KiB data L1 cache per core, L1 cache includes parity error detection
• 16 way, 1-2 MiB unified L2 cache shared by two or four cores, L2 cache is protected from errors by the use of error correcting code
• Out-of-order execution and Speculative execution
• Integrated memory controller
• Two-way integer execution
• Two-way 128-bit wide floating-point and packed integer execution
• Integer hardware divider
• Consumer processors support 2 DDR3L DIMMs in one channel at frequencies up to 1600 MHz^[3]
• Server processors support 2 DDR3 DIMMS in one channel at frequencies up to 1600 MHz with ECC^[4]
• As a SoC (not just an APU) it integrates Fusion controller hub
• Jaguar does not feature clustered multi-thread (CMT), meaning that execution resources are not shared between cores

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

• Over 10% increase in clock frequency^[5]
• Over 15% improvement in instructions per clock (IPC)^[5]
• Added support for SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, CLMUL, MOVBE, AVX, F16C, and BMI1^[5]
• Up to 4 CPU cores
• L2 cache is shared between cores
• FPU datapath width increased to 128 bit^[5]
• Added hardware integer divider
• Enhanced cache prefetchers
• Doubled bandwidth of load-store units
• C6 and CC6 low power states with lower entry and exit latency^[5]
• Smaller, 3.1 mm² area per core
• Integrated Fusion controller hub (FCH)
• Video Coding Engine

Processors

Consoles

Xbox One S and PlayStation 4 Pro specs are for announced but unreleased hardware as currently reported, September 8, 2016.

• ² Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed.
• ³ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of TMUs multiplied by the base core clock speed.

Device	CPU			GPU					Memory				Special features
	Cores	Frequency	L2 Cache	Cores (unified shaders : texture mapping units : render output units)[6]	Frequency	GFLOPS	Pixel Fillrate (GP/s)^2	Texture Fillrate (GT/s)^3	Amount	Bus Width (bit)	Bus Type	Bandwidth (GB/s)
Sony PS4	dual 4 core modules	1.6 GHz	2 x 2 MB	1152:72:32	800 MHz	1843	25.6	57.6	8 GB	256	GDDR5	176	8 ACEs in the GPU and additional modules
Sony PS4 Pro[7][8][9]	8 core	2.1 GHz	2 x 2 MB	2304:?:?	911 MHz	4197	29.2	131.2	8 GB	256	GDDR5	218	1GB of DDR3 RAM for OS and Swapping[10]
Microsoft Xbox One	dual 4 core modules	1.75 GHz	2 x 2 MB	768:48:16	853 MHz	1310	13.6	40.9	8 GB	256	DDR3	68	2 ACEs in the GPU and 32MB ESRAM 204 GB/s
Microsoft Xbox One S[11]	dual 4 core modules	1.75 GHz	2 x 2 MB	768:48:16	914 MHz	1404	14.6	43.9	8 GB	256	DDR3	68	2 ACEs in the GPU and 32MB ESRAM 219 GB/s

Desktop

SoCs using Socket AM1:

Model	CPU			GPU			TDP	Memory	Socket
	Cores	Frequency	L2 Cache	Model	Cores (unified shaders : texture mapping units : render output units)	Frequency
Athlon 5370	4	2.2 GHz	2 MB	Radeon R3	128:24:8[12]	600 MHz	25 W	DDR3-1600	AM1
Athlon 5350[13]		2.05 GHz
Athlon 5150		1.6 GHz
Sempron 3850		1.3 GHz				450 MHz
Sempron 2650	2	1.45 GHz	1 MB			400 MHz		DDR3-1333

Desktop/Mobile

Target segment	Model	CPU				GPU				TDP	Memory	Turbo Core
		Cores	Frequency	Max. Turbo	L2 Cache	Model	Config.	Frequency	Turbo
Notebooks /Mini-PCs[14]	A6-5200	4	2.0 GHz	N/A	2 MB	HD 8400	128:16:4[15]	600 MHz	N/A	25 W	DDR3L-1600	No
	A4-5100		1.55 GHz			HD 8330		500 MHz		15 W
	A4-5000		1.5 GHz			HD 8330		500 MHz
Notebooks	E2-3000	2	1.65 GHz		1 MB	HD 8280		450 MHz
	E1-2500		1.4 GHz			HD 8240		400 MHz			DDR3L-1333
	E1-2100		1.0 GHz			HD 8210		300 MHz		09 W
Tablets	A6-1450	4		1.4 GHz	2 MB	HD 8250			400 MHz	08 W	DDR3L-1066	Yes
	A4-1350[16]			N/A		HD 8210			N/A		DDR3-1066	No
	A4-1250	2			1 MB	HD 8210					DDR3L-1333
	A4-1200[17]					HD 8180		225 MHz		03.9 W	DDR3L-1066

Server

Model	CPU			GPU		TDP	Memory
	Cores	Frequency	L2 Cache	Cores	Frequency
Opteron X2150	4	1.1–1.9 GHz	2 MB	128[18]	266–600 MHz	11–22 W	DDR3-1600 ECC
Opteron X1150		1.0–2.0 GHz		N/A		09–17 W

^ CPU and GPU frequencies are adjustable in BIOS.^[19]

Embedded

Model	CPU			GPU			TDP	Memory
	Cores	Frequency	L2 Cache	Model	Config.	Frequency
GX-420CA	4	2.0 GHz	2 MB	HD 8400E	128:16:4	600 MHz	25 W	DDR3-1600 ECC
GX-416RA[20][21][22][23]		1.6 GHz		N/A			15 W
GX-415GA		1.5 GHz		HD 8330E	128:16:4	500 MHz
GX-412TC[24]		1.0 GHz		N/A				DDR3-1333 ECC
GX-411GA		1.1 GHz		HD 8210E	128:16:4	300 MHz		DDR3-1600 ECC
GX-217GA	2	1.65 GHz	1 MB	HD 8280E		450 MHz
GX-210HA		1.0 GHz		HD 8210E		300 MHz	09 W	DDR3-1333 ECC
GX-210JA				HD 8180E		225 MHz	06 W	DDR3-1066 ECC

References

1. "Software Optimization Guide for Family 16h Processors". AMD. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
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External links

• Software Optimization Guide for Family 16h Processors
• Jaguar AMD’s Next Generation Low Power x86 Core at Hot Chips 24
• Slides about the design of jaguar presented at ISSCC 2013
• Jaguar presentation (video) at ISSCC 2013
• Discussion initiated on RWT forums by Jeff Rupley, Chief Architect of the Jaguar core
• Jaguar and Bobcat microarchitecture (7 page article).
• BKDG for Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors
• Revision Guide for Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors