The Pentium II[2] is a brand of sixth-generation Intel x86 microprocessors based on the P6 microarchitecture, introduced on May 7, 1997. It combined the P6 microarchitecture seen on the Pentium Pro with the MMX instruction set of the Pentium MMX.

The Pentium II is a sixth-generation CPU from Intel targeted at the consumer market.

Intel released its most powerful processor to date, the Pentium II. With 7.5 million transistors, it was about 36% more powerful than its predecessor. It also incorporated the enhanced media capabilities of the Pentium MMX, which had been introduced earlier in the year.

May 31, 1997 · Basically the Pentium II is a more advanced Pentium Pro with its L2 cache running at 1/2 the clock speed which, although is a step down from the clock speed L2 cache of...

Intel® Pentium® II Processor 400 MHz, 512K Cache, 100 MHz FSB quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's 6th-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible CPUs introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million transistors. However, its L2 cache subsystem was a ...

The Pentium® II processor may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request. Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product order.

Jul 1, 2024 · Intel Pentium II line of processors is based on sixth generation x86 processor core. The Intel Pentium II line consists of 6 different families: Pentium Pro - high perfomance version. The Pentium Pro family was replaced by the Pentium II Xeon family. Pentium II - desktop family. Mobile Pentium II - mobile version of the Pentium II processor.

Jul 20, 2023 · Accompanied by the new Intel 440BX chipset, the new CPUs ran at 350MHz, 400MHz and 450MHz, and Intel clearly hoped that this FSB tweak would help distinguish the Pentium II line-up from the new Celeron lineup, despite the latter’s faster cache.

Aug 4, 2008 · Released in 1997, the Pentium II was an adaptation of the Pentium Pro aimed at the general public. It was quite similar to the Pentium Pro, but the cache memory was different.