AMD Heatspreader through the ages – measurement data, curvature and surface
We had already talked about the heat spreaders of the current generations, a burn-in and the thing with the Wolbung. For this I like to link the basic article and the Intel story again:
Basic article: “CPU heatspreader examined in detail – do we now have to rethink AMD and Intel?“
Picture story part 2: “Intel Heatspreader through the ages – measurement data, curvature and surface”
But what was in the time before, then. when the CPUs started to be delivered with metal caps? Let yourself be surprised! The oldest sample I had for measuring was the legendary Athlon from AMD
- 1 – Athlon (2005)
- 2 – Opteron (2005)
- 3 – Phenom (2006)
- 4 – Phenom II (2008)
- 5 – Bulldozer (2011)
- 6 – Opteron (2011)
- 7 – Ryzen 1xxx (2016)
- 8 – Ryzen 2xxx (2018)
- 9 – Ryzen 2xxxG APU (2017)
- 10 – Threadripper (ab 2017)
- 11 – Ryzen 3xxx (2019)
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