Processor Speed Settings
[ 486 CPU Speed Settings | 586 CPU Speed Settings | Motherboard Multiplier Settings | 686 CPU Speed Settings ]

Notes:

  • The jumper settings in the charts below are meant to represent jumper settings on a motherboard. They do not necessarily reflect the state of the multiplier pins (high or low) on the bottom of the processor. See the link at the bottom of the page for the actual multiplier pin settings.
  • A pin on the processor which is pulled 'High' is tied to the power plane. A pin which is pulled 'Low' is tied to the ground plane. Pins that are not tied to either the power or ground planes are considered 'floating'.
  • BF0, BF1, and BF2 actually refer to multiplier pins on the bottom of a processor. They are not typical jumper names on a motherboard. The jumper will be called something like JP27 or J5 on the motherboard. I used the BF# convention to indicate that there is a corresponding jumper on the motherboard, the name of which will vary depending on the motherboard manufacturer.
  • These charts only list theoretical speed settings. They come from the multipliers available on the various chips and the bus speeds present on motherboards.
  • The reference clock on modern motherboards usually oscillates at 14.31818MHz for input to the PLL circuit. The PLL then generates a selectable range of bus speed frequencies for the motherboard.
486 CPU Speed Settings
Bus Speeds (MHz)
Jumpers
16
20
25
33
40
50
60
BF
1.0x
16
20
25
33
40
50
60
--
2.0x
32
40
50
66
80
100
120
on
12.5x
40
50
63
83
100
125
150
--
3.0x
48
60
75
100
120
150
180
off
4.0x
64
80
100
133
160
200
240
on
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Notes:

  • 1Pentium OverDrive processors (P24T) have a set multiplier of 2.5x.
  • 486 processors which require a 4.0x multiplier use the 2.0x setting.
  • Neither DX nor DX2 chips have clock multiplier pins, and so ignore any multiplier setting on the motherboard. An exception is the AMD DX2 Enhanced, which has 2.0x and 3.0x multipliers.
  • 33MHz bus speed actually runs at 33.3333... .
  • 'Off' is an Open jumper.
  • 'On' is a Closed jumper.
586 CPU Speed Settings
Bus Speeds (MHz)
Jumpers
Socket 4
60
66
none
1.0x
--
--
--
60
--
66
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Socket 5
50
60
66
BF
1.5x -- 75 -- 90 -- 100 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- off -- --
2.0x -- 100 -- 120 -- 133 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- on -- --
Socket 7
40
50
55
60
62
66
68
75
83
90
95
100
105
110
112
115
120
124
133
BF0
BF1
BF2
1.5x
60
75
83
90
94
100
103
113
125
135
143
150
158
165
168
173
180
186
200
off
off
off
1.75x
70
88
96
105
109
116
120
131
146
158
166
175
184
193
196
201
210
217
233
on
on
off
2.0x
80
100
110
120
125
133
137
150
166
180
190
200
210
220
224
230
240
248
266
on
off
off
2.33x
93
117
128
140
146
156
159
175
194
210
222
233
245
256
261
268
280
289
311
off
on
on
2.5x
100
125
138
150
156
166
171
188
208
225
238
250
263
275
280
288
300
310
333
on
on
off
2.66x
107
133
147
160
166
178
182
200
222
240
253
266
280
293
299
307
320
331
356
off
off
on
3.0x
120
150
165
180
188
200
205
225
250
270
285
300
315
330
336
345
360
372
400
off
on
off
3.33x
133
166
183
200
208
222
228
250
278
300
317
333
350
366
373
383
400
413
444
on
off
off
3.5x
140
175
193
210
219
233
239
263
290
315
333
350
368
385
392
403
420
434
466
off
off
off
4.0x
160
200
220
240
250
266
273
300
333
360
380
400
420
440
448
460
480
496
533
on
off
on
4.5x
180
225
248
270
281
300
308
338
375
405
428
450
473
495
504
518
540
558
600
on
on
on
5.0x
200
250
275
300
313
333
342
375
417
450
475
500
525
550
560
575
600
620
666
off
on
on
5.5x
220
275
303
330
344
366
376
413
458
495
523
550
578
605
616
633
660
682
733
off
off
on
6.0x
240
300
330
360
375
400
410
450
500
540
570
600
630
660
672
690
720
744
800
on
off
off
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Notes:

  • The AMD K5 has multipliers of 1.5x, 1.75x, and 2.0x. Setting the motherboard to 1.5x or 2.0x will be interpreted by the processor as a 1.5x multiplier. 2.5x is interpreted as 1.75x, and 3.0x becomes 2.0x. This varies depending on the model of the chip. See below for which chips have what multipliers.
  • The AMD K6 233 and the Pentium MMX 233 interpret a 1.5x multiplier as 3.5x. 233MHz is the maximum limit for the Intel chip since it does not have a multiplier higher than 3.5x.
  • The Model 8 K6-2 CXT, Model 9 K6-3, and Model D K6-2+ and K6-III+ are the only Socket 7 chips with a 6.0x multiplier (it takes the place of the 2.0x multiplier).
  • For 4.0x and higher multipliers on the K6, there must be a jumper on the motherboard to set pin BF2 or the chip will default to 'Pulled High', and only give a maximum of 3.5x multiplier. BTW, the AMD K6 does not have a 1.5x multiplier at all.
  • The IDT (Centaur) Winchip and Winchip-2 do not have fractional multipliers. The normal 2.5x setting is defined as 'reserved', and the 1.5x setting is interpreted by the chip as 4.0x. When BF2 is added to the motherboard, the typical settings for 4.5x and 5.5x are 'reserved'. 4.0x and 5.0x are unchanged.
  • The IDT (Centaur) Winchip-2A adds the unusual 2.33x and 2.66x multipliers in place of the 5.0x and 5.5x settings.
  • Default multiplier settings (If the chip receives no signal on its multipliers pins (they're left 'floating'), it reverts to its default setting.):
    • AMD K5 - 1.5x
    • AMD K6/K6-2/K6-3/K6-2+/K6-III+ - 3.5x
    • Cyrix/IBM 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX/M-II - 2.0x
    • Cyrix M-II (later versions w/ CLKMUL2) - 3.0x
    • IDT (Centaur) Winchip/Winchip-2/Winchip-2B - 4.0x
    • IDT (Centaur) Winchip-2A/Winchip-3 - 3.5x
    • Intel Pentium Classic - 1.5x
    • Intel Pentium w/ MMX - 2.0x
    • Rise mP6 - 2.0x
  • The 62MHz and 68MHz settings are referred to as a 'turbo frequency'.
  • 62MHz actually runs at 62.5MHz.
  • 66MHz actually runs at 66.66MHz.
  • 68MHz actually runs at 68.66MHz.
  • 83MHz actually runs at 83.33MHz.
  • 133MHz actually runs at 133.33MHz.
  • 'Off' is an Open jumper.
  • 'On' is a Closed jumper.


The following chart lists all of the possible multipliers with each chip and what the motherboard setting is to get that multiplier. To use the chart, look at the top row and find what multiplier you want the chip to have. Then look at the leftside column for which chip. Where they meet on the chart shows what jumper setting(s) on the motherboard to use to achieve that multiplier with that specific chip.

Motherboard Multiplier Settings
AMD 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
AMD K5 SSA5
(Model 0)
1.5x -- 2.0x -- The one multiplier pin (BF) only gives two options.
AMD K5 5k86
(Model 1)
1.5x
2.0x
2.5x
3.0x
-- Model 1 added another multiplier pin (BF1), but only has a 1.5x multiplier on all of the possible settings.
AMD K5 5k86
(Model 2)
1.5x
2.0x
2.5x -- Model 2 has both multiplier pins (BF0, BF1), and adds the 1.75x multiplier. I don't know what setting it to 3.0x will yield (probably 1.5x).
AMD K5 5k86
(Model 3)
1.5x
2.0x
2.5x 3.0x -- Model 3 is rare, but it does exist. Setting the mobo to 3.0x yields 2.0x on the chip (PR200). Has BF0 and BF1.
AMD 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
AMD K6
(Model 6)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
-- Has all three multiplier pins (BF0, BF1, BF2), but BF2 apparently is not yet active.
AMD K6
(Model 7)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x -- Has all three multiplier pins (BF0, BF1, BF2).
AMD K6-2
(Model 8)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x -- Three multiplier pins (BF0, BF1, BF2). 26050 CPU code.
AMD K6-2
(Model 8 CXT)
-- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 2.0x
6.0x
Three multiplier pins (BF0, BF1, BF2). Adds 6.0x in place of 2.0x. 26351 CPU code.
AMD K6-III
(Model 9)
-- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 2.0x
6.0x
Same as K6-2 CXT. Three multiplier pins.
AMD K6-2+
(Model D)
-- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 2.0x
6.0x
Adds 2.0x in place of 2.5x setting. Three multiplier pins.
AMD K6-III+
(Model D)
-- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 2.0x
6.0x
Same as K6-2+. Three multiplier pins.
Cyrix/IBM 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
Cyrix 6x86
(M1)
-- 2.0x -- 1.5x -- 3.0x -- One documented multiplier pin (CLKMUL) and one undocumented (CLKMUL1). Only has whole number multipliers. For 1.0x mode, set to 2.5x.
Cyrix 6x86L
(M1L)
-- 2.0x -- 1.5x -- 3.0x -- Same as 6x86. Two multiplier pins.
Cyrix 6x86MX
(M2)
1.5x -- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- Two multiplier pins (CLKMUL0, CLKMUL1).
Cyrix MII
(M2)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
-- Two multiplier pins (CLKMUL0, CLKMUL1).
Cyrix MII
(later M2: 6-0-1)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x -- Three multiplier pins (CLKMUL0, CLKMUL1, CLKMUL2).
IDT 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
IDT Winchip
(C6)
-- 2.0x
2.5x
-- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x
4.5x
-- 5.0x
5.5x
-- Three multiplier pins (BF0, BF1, BF2), but it only has whole number multipliers.
IDT Winchip-2
(C6+)
-- 2.0x
2.5x
-- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x
4.5x
-- 5.0x
5.5x
-- Same as Winchip.
IDT Winchip-2A
(C6+)
-- 5.0x 2.5x 5.5x 3.0x 2.0x 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x -- 3 multiplier pins. Adds unusual 2.33x, 2.66x, and 3.33x multipliers.
IDT Winchip-2B
(C6+)
-- 2.0x
2.5x
-- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x
4.5x
-- 5.0x
5.5x
-- Same as Winchip.
IDT Winchip-3
(C6-2L)
-- 5.0x 2.5x 5.5x 3.0x 2.0x 1.5x
3.5x
4.0x 4.5x -- Same as Winchip-2A.
Intel 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
Intel Pentium
(P5 - 60/66)
-- Runs at bus speed. No multiplier pins.
Intel Pentium OverDrive
(P5T - 120/133)
-- Runs at 2x bus speed. No multiplier pins.
Intel 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
Intel Pentium Classic
(P54C)
1.5x -- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- Two multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Intel Pentium OverDrive
(P54CT)
-- 1.5x
2.0x
2.5x
3.0x
-- Fixed 2.5x multiplier. Two useless multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Intel 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
Intel Pentium w/ MMX
(P55C: 5-4-4)
1.5x -- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- Earlier chips with the 5-4-4 stepping. Two multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Intel Pentium w/ MMX
(P55C: 5-4-3)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
-- Later chips with the 5-4-3 stepping. Two multiplier pins (BF0, BF1). Substitutes 3.5x multiplier for 1.5x.
Intel Pentium OverDrive w/ MMX
(P54CTB: 5-4-4)
-- 1.5x
2.0x
2.5x
3.0x
-- 125, 150, 166MHz CPUs. Fixed 2.5x multiplier. Two useless multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Intel Pentium OverDrive w/ MMX
(P54CTB: 5-4-3)
-- 1.5x
2.0x
2.5x
3.0x
-- 180 and 200MHz CPUs. Fixed 3.0x multiplier. Two useless multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Rise 1.5x 1.75x 2.0x 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.0x 3.33x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x Comments
Rise mP6
(step 3.0)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- Two multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).
Rise mP6
(step 4.1b)
-- 2.0x -- 2.5x -- 3.0x -- 1.5x
3.5x
-- Two multiplier pins (BF0, BF1).

Notes:
1.) CLKMUL and BF are the same thing. CLKMUL is the Clock Multiplier on Cyrix/IBM chips. BF is the Bus Fraction (or Bus Frequency) on Intel chips. AMD, IDT, and Rise follow Intel's naming convention.

2.) In many cases, the motherboard manual will simply list all of the possible jumper settings with each chip to avoid having to decipher all this nonsense.

3.) Some versions of the Pentium Classic and Pentium w/ MMX chips have had their higher multipliers disabled. See Windwalker's site for more details.

4.) You can use ctcm16r to check the family, model, and stepping of the processor.

5.) If your Intel Pentium w/ MMX chip doesn't seem to be responding to the 3.0x and 3.5x multipliers (and you're sure it isn't a remarked chip), your motherboard may not be sending the correct signal to pin BF0 on the chip. Intel has a page describing the phenomenon. It occurs because Intel redefined the BF0 pin so that it has a pulldown resistor rather than the pullup that the Pentium Classic had. Some motherboard manufacturers may have assumed that the settings were the same, and decided to save a couple of pennies by not having the motherboard properly set the pin.

6.) The step 3.0 Rise mP6 chips have an errata that makes the 3.0x and 3.5x multipliers unusable. This is fixed in stepping 4.1b and later.

686 CPU Speed Settings
(Socket 8 / Slot 1 / Slot 2 / Socket 370)
Bus Speeds (MHz) Jumpers
50
60
66
68
75
83
90
100
102
112
124
133
150
200
BF0
LINT0
BF1
IGNNE#
BF2
A20M#
BF3
LINT1
1.5x
75
90
100
103
113
125
135
150
154
168
186
200
225
300
off
on
off
off
2.0x
100
120
133
137
150
166
180
200
205
224
248
266
300
400
off
off
off
off
2.0x
100
120
133
137
150
166
180
200
205
224
248
266
300
400
on
on
on
on
2.5x
125
150
166
171
188
208
225
250
256
280
310
333
375
500
off
on
on
on
3.0x
150
180
200
206
225
250
270
300
308
336
372
400
450
600
on
off
on
on
3.5x
175
210
233
240
263
292
315
350
359
392
434
466
525
700
off
off
on
on
4.0x
200
240
266
274
300
333
360
400
410
448
496
533
600
800
on
on
off
on
4.5x
225
270
300
308
338
375
405
450
461
504
558
600
675
900
off
on
off
on
5.0x
250
300
333
343
375
417
450
500
513
560
620
666
750
1000
on
off
off
on
5.5x
275
330
366
377
413
458
495
550
564
616
682
733
825
1100
off
off
off
on
6.0x
300
360
400
411
450
500
540
600
615
672
744
800
900
1200
on
on
on
off
6.5x
325
390
433
445
488
542
585
650
666
728
806
866
975
1300
off
on
on
off
7.0x
350
420
466
480
525
583
630
700
718
784
868
933
1050
1400
on
off
on
off
7.5x
375
450
500
514
563
625
675
750
769
840
930
1000
1125
1500
off
off
on
off
8.0x
400
480
533
548
600
666
720
800
820
896
992
1066
1200
1600
on
on
off
off
8.5x
425
510
566
584
638
708
765
850
867
952
1054
1133
1275
1700
?
?
?
?
9.0x
450
540
600
618
675
750
810
900
918
1008
1116
1200
1350
1800
?
?
?
?
9.5x
475
570
633
652
713
792
855
950
969
1064
1178
1266
1425
1900
?
?
?
?
10.0x
500
600
667
687
750
833
900
1000
1020
1120
1240
1333
1500
2000
?
?
?
?
10.5x
525
630
700
721
798
875
945
1100
1071
1176
1302
1400
1575
2100
?
?
?
?
11.0x
550
660
733
755
825
917
990
1200
1122
1232
1364
1466
1650
2200
?
?
?
?
Res.
on
off
off
off

Notes:

  • The Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors don't actually have 'BF' pins. Instead, they temporarily use four pins that have other signal descriptions to set the internal bus frequency (BF) at RESET and then hold that value until another active RESET is asserted. The pins used are LINT0 (INTR), IGNNE#, A20M#, and LINT1 (NMI).
  • More and more Pentium II systems are coming in jumperless configurations. The bus speeds and multipliers are set through the BIOS rather than with jumpers on the motherboard.
  • The newest Pentium III Coppermine and Celeron chips have multipliers beyond those specified using the four pin settings originally defined on the Pentium Pro. Intel either redefined some (all?) of the pin settings or uses the 'Reserved' setting for the needed multipliers on each separate speed rating. Though this point is rather moot considering that Intel locks the multiplier on all their current CPUs; only engineering samples can have their multiplier selected by the motherboard.
  • Socket 8 motherboards generally do not have bus speeds higher than 75MHz.
  • 66MHz actually runs at 66.66MHz.
  • 68MHz actually runs at 68.66MHz.
  • 83MHz actually runs at 83.33MHz.
  • 133MHz actually runs at 133.33MHz.
  • 'Off' is an Open jumper.
  • 'On' is a Closed jumper.
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