Socket FP3

The Socket FP3 or μBGA906 is a CPU socket for laptops that was released in June 2014 by AMD with its mobility APU products codenamed Kaveri.

Socket FP3

Type	μBGA
Chip form factors	?
Contacts	906
Processors	mobile APU products (Kaveri)
This article is part of the CPU socket series

"Kaveri"-branded ULV products combine Steamroller with Crystal Series (GCN), UVD 4.2 and VCE 2 video acceleration, AMD TrueAudio audio acceleration and AMD Eyefinity-based multi-monitor support of up to two non-DisplayPort- or up to four DisplayPort monitors.

• ECC DIMMs are supported on Socket FP3, mixing of ECC and non-ECC DIMMs within a system is not supported.^[1]
• There are 3 PCI Express cores: one 2 x16 core and two 5 x8 cores, for a total of 64 lanes. There are 8 configurable ports, which can be divided into 2 groups:
  • Gfx-group: contains 2 x8 ports. Each port can be limited to lower link widths for applications that require fewer lanes. Additionally, the two ports can be combined to create a single x16 link.
  • GPP-group: contains 1 x4 UMI and 5 General Purpose Ports (GPP).

All PCIe links are capable of supporting PCIe 2.x data rates. In addition, the Gfx link is capable of supporting PCIe 3.x data rate. The FP3 package supports two different voltage levels on the VDDP rail. At the 1.05 V nominal setting, the Gfx link can support PCI Express 3.x data rate, while at the 0.95 V setting, the maximum data rate supported by the Gfx link is PCI Express 2.x^[1]

• The FP3 package supports two different voltage levels on the VDDR rail. At the 1.05 V nominal setting, the maximum speed of DDR3-2133 can be supported while at the 0.95 V setting, the maximum speed supported is DDR3-1600.^[1]

Its desktop counterpart is Socket FM2+.

Feature overview

The following table shows features of AMD's processors with 3D graphics, including APUs (see also: List of AMD processors with 3D graphics).

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Platform			High, standard and low power														Low and ultra-low power
Codename	Server	Basic						Toronto
		Micro																Kyoto
	Desktop	Performance													Raphael	Phoenix
		Mainstream	Llano	Trinity	Richland	Kaveri	Kaveri Refresh (Godavari)	Carrizo	Bristol Ridge	Raven Ridge	Picasso	Renoir	Cezanne
		Entry
		Basic																Kabini				Dalí
	Mobile	Performance										Renoir	Cezanne	Rembrandt	Dragon Range
		Mainstream	Llano	Trinity	Richland	Kaveri		Carrizo	Bristol Ridge	Raven Ridge	Picasso	Renoir Lucienne	Cezanne Barceló			Phoenix
		Entry																				Dalí			Mendocino
		Basic															Desna, Ontario, Zacate	Kabini, Temash	Beema, Mullins	Carrizo-L	Stoney Ridge		Pollock
	Embedded			Trinity		Bald Eagle		Merlin Falcon, Brown Falcon		Great Horned Owl		Grey Hawk					Ontario, Zacate	Kabini	Steppe Eagle, Crowned Eagle, LX-Family		Prairie Falcon	Banded Kestrel		River Hawk
Released			Aug 2011	Oct 2012	Jun 2013	Jan 2014	2015	Jun 2015	Jun 2016	Oct 2017	Jan 2019	Mar 2020	Jan 2021	Jan 2022	Sep 2022	Jan 2023	Jan 2011	May 2013	Apr 2014	May 2015	Feb 2016	Apr 2019	Jul 2020	Jun 2022	Nov 2022
CPU microarchitecture			K10	Piledriver		Steamroller		Excavator	"Excavator+"[2]	Zen	Zen+	Zen 2	Zen 3	Zen 3+	Zen 4		Bobcat	Jaguar	Puma	Puma+[3]	"Excavator+"	Zen		Zen+	"Zen 2+"
ISA			x86-64 v1	x86-64 v2				x86-64 v3							x86-64 v4		x86-64 v1	x86-64 v2			x86-64 v3
Socket	Desktop	Performance	—												AM5	—	—
		Mainstream	—					AM4						—		—
		Entry	FM1	FM2		FM2+		FM2+[a], AM4	AM4					—
		Basic	—														—	AM1	—			FP5	—
	Other		FS1	FS1+, FP2		FP3		FP4		FP5		FP6		FP7	FL1	FP7 FP7r2 FP8	FT1	FT3	FT3b		FP4	FP5	FT5	FP5	FT6
PCI Express version			2.0			3.0								4.0	5.0	4.0	2.0				3.0
CXL			—														—
Fab. (nm)			GF 32SHP (HKMG SOI)			GF 28SHP (HKMG bulk)				GF 14LPP (FinFET bulk)	GF 12LP (FinFET bulk)	TSMC N7 (FinFET bulk)		TSMC N6 (FinFET bulk)	CCD: TSMC N5 (FinFET bulk) cIOD: TSMC N6 (FinFET bulk)	TSMC 4nm (FinFET bulk)	TSMC N40 (bulk)	TSMC N28 (HKMG bulk)	GF 28SHP (HKMG bulk)			GF 14LPP (FinFET bulk)		GF 12LP (FinFET bulk)	TSMC N6 (FinFET bulk)
Die area (mm2)			228	246		245		245	250	210[4]		156	180	210	CCD: (2x) 70 cIOD: 122	178	75 (+ 28 FCH)	107		?	125	149			~100
Min TDP (W)			35	17				12				10		15	65	35	4.5	4	3.95	10	6			12	8
Max APU TDP (W)			100			95		65						45	170	54	18	25					6	54	15
Max stock APU base clock (GHz)			3	3.8	4.1	4.1		3.7	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.75	2.2	2	2.2	3.2	2.6	1.2	3.35	2.8
Max APUs per node[b]			1														1
Max core dies per CPU			1												2	1	1
Max CCX per core die			1									2	1				1
Max cores per CCX			4										8				2	4			2			4
Max CPU[c] cores per APU			4									8			16	8	2	4			2			4
Max threads per CPU core			1							2							1					2
Integer pipeline structure			3+3	2+2						4+2		4+2+1	1+3+3+1+2				1+1+1+1				2+2	4+2			4+2+1
i386, i486, i586, CMOV, NOPL, i686, PAE, NX bit, CMPXCHG16B, AMD-V, RVI, ABM, and 64-bit LAHF/SAHF
IOMMU[d]			—	v2													v1		v2
BMI1, AES-NI, CLMUL, and F16C																	—
MOVBE			—
AVIC, BMI2, RDRAND, and MWAITX/MONITORX																	—
SME[e], TSME[e], ADX, SHA, RDSEED, SMAP, SMEP, XSAVEC, XSAVES, XRSTORS, CLFLUSHOPT, CLZERO, and PTE Coalescing			—														—
GMET, WBNOINVD, CLWB, QOS, PQE-BW, RDPID, RDPRU, and MCOMMIT			—														—
MPK, VAES			—														—
SGX			—														—
FPUs per core			1	0.5						1							1				0.5	1
Pipes per FPU			2														2
FPU pipe width			128-bit									256-bit					80-bit	128-bit							256-bit
CPU instruction set SIMD level			SSE4a[f]	AVX				AVX2							AVX-512		SSSE3	AVX			AVX2
3DNow!			3DNow!+	—													—
PREFETCH/PREFETCHW
GFNI			—														—
AMX			—
FMA4, LWP, TBM, and XOP			—							—							—					—
FMA3
AMD XDNA			—														—
L1 data cache per core (KiB)			64	16				32									32
L1 data cache associativity (ways)			2	4				8									8
L1 instruction caches per core			1	0.5						1							1				0.5	1
Max APU total L1 instruction cache (KiB)			256	128		192				256					512	256	64		128		96	128
L1 instruction cache associativity (ways)			2			3				4		8					2				3	4			8
L2 caches per core			1	0.5						1							1				0.5	1
Max APU total L2 cache (MiB)			4					2				4			16		1	2			1			2
L2 cache associativity (ways)			16							8							16					8
Max on-die L3 cache per CCX (MiB)			—							4			16		32		—						4
Max 3D V-Cache per CCD (MiB)										—					64	—							—
Max total in-CCD L3 cache per APU (MiB)										4		8	16		64								4
Max. total 3D V-Cache per APU (MiB)										—					64	—							—
Max. board L3 cache per APU (MiB)										—													—
Max total L3 cache per APU (MiB)										4		8	16		128								4
APU L3 cache associativity (ways)										16													16
L3 cache scheme										Victim													Victim
Max. L4 cache			—														—
Max stock DRAM support			DDR3-1866		DDR3-2133			DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933		DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266		DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400	DDR5-5200	DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500	DDR3L-1333	DDR3L-1600	DDR3L-1866		DDR3-1866, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400	DDR4-1600	DDR4-3200	LPDDR5-5500
Max DRAM channels per APU			2														1					2	1	2
Max stock DRAM bandwidth (GB/s) per APU			29.866		34.132			38.400		46.932		68.256		102.400	83.200	120.000	10.666	12.800	14.933		19.200	38.400	12.800	51.200	88.000
GPU microarchitecture			TeraScale 2 (VLIW5)	TeraScale 3 (VLIW4)		GCN 2nd gen		GCN 3rd gen		GCN 5th gen[5]				RDNA 2		RDNA 3	TeraScale 2 (VLIW5)	GCN 2nd gen			GCN 3rd gen[5]	GCN 5th gen			RDNA 2
GPU instruction set			TeraScale instruction set			GCN instruction set								RDNA instruction set			TeraScale instruction set	GCN instruction set							RDNA instruction set
Max stock GPU base clock (MHz)			600	800	844	866		1108		1250	1400	2100		2400	400		538	600	?	847	900	1200	600	1300	1900
Max stock GPU base GFLOPS[g]			480	614.4	648.1	886.7		1134.5		1760	1971.2	2150.4		3686.4	102.4		86	?	?	?	345.6	460.8	230.4	1331.2	486.4
3D engine[h]			Up to 400:20:8	Up to 384:24:6		Up to 512:32:8				Up to 704:44:16[6]		Up to 512:32:8		768:48:8	128:8:4		80:8:4	128:8:4			Up to 192:12:8	Up to 192:12:4	192:12:4	Up to 512:?:?	128:?:?
			IOMMUv1			IOMMUv2											IOMMUv1		?		IOMMUv2
Video decoder			UVD 3.0			UVD 4.2		UVD 6.0		VCN 1.0[7]		VCN 2.1[8]	VCN 2.2[8]	VCN 3.1		?	UVD 3.0	UVD 4.0	UVD 4.2		UVD 6.2	VCN 1.0			VCN 3.1
Video encoder			—	VCE 1.0		VCE 2.0		VCE 3.1									—	VCE 2.0			VCE 3.4
AMD Fluid Motion
GPU power saving			PowerPlay	PowerTune													PowerPlay	PowerTune[9]
TrueAudio			—			[10]							?				—
FreeSync						1 2												1 2
HDCP[i]			?			1.4				2.2				2.3			?	1.4				2.2			2.3
PlayReady[i]			—							3.0 not yet							—					3.0 not yet
Supported displays[j]			2–3	2–4				3		3 (desktop) 4 (mobile, embedded)		4					2				3	4		4
/drm/radeon[k][12][13]									—												—
/drm/amdgpu[k][14]			—			[15]											—	[15]

1. For FM2+ Excavator models: A8-7680, A6-7480 & Athlon X4 845.
2. A PC would be one node.
3. An APU combines a CPU and a GPU. Both have cores.
4. Requires firmware support.
5. Requires firmware support.
6. No SSE4. No SSSE3.
7. Single-precision performance is calculated from the base (or boost) core clock speed based on a FMA operation.
8. Unified shaders : texture mapping units : render output units
9. To play protected video content, it also requires card, operating system, driver, and application support. A compatible HDCP display is also needed for this. HDCP is mandatory for the output of certain audio formats, placing additional constraints on the multimedia setup.
10. To feed more than two displays, the additional panels must have native DisplayPort support.^[11] Alternatively active DisplayPort-to-DVI/HDMI/VGA adapters can be employed.
11. DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) is a component of the Linux kernel. Support in this table refers to the most current version.

See also

• List of AMD processors with 3D graphics
• List of AMD mobile microprocessors