AMD Athlon 1200 1.2GHz Socket A CPU A1200AMS3B AXIA 0117MPMW

Description

The AMD Athlon 1200 is a Socket A desktop processor based on the Thunderbird core. The exact AMD part number is A1200AMS3B, corresponding to the 1.2GHz Athlon variant with a 100MHz base bus clock and 200MHz effective DDR system bus.

### Technical specifications
– Manufacturer: AMD
– Processor: Athlon 1200
– Core: Thunderbird
– Clock speed: 1.2GHz
– System bus: 100MHz base / 200MHz effective DDR
– Multiplier: 12x
– Socket: Socket A / Socket 462
– Package: ceramic PGA
– Process technology: 0.18µm
– L1 cache: 128KB
– L2 cache: 256KB
– Core voltage: 1.75V
– Transistors: approximately 37 million
– Part number: A1200AMS3B
– Marking: AXIA 0117MPMW

The A1200AMS3B is the 200MHz-effective-bus version of the 1.2GHz Thunderbird Athlon. The related A1200AMS3C uses the 266MHz-effective bus.

This processor is suitable for compatible Socket A systems, including vintage PC builds, restoration and replacement of period hardware. Compatibility depends on the motherboard BIOS and chipset.

Used vintage CPU. The exact processor marking should be checked against the photographs before installation.