CPU to ISA Version Mapping

Mapping of some CPU versions to relevant ISA versions.

Note Power4 and Power4+ are not supported.

CPU

Architecture version

Power10

Power ISA v3.1

Power9

Power ISA v3.0B

Power8

Power ISA v2.07

e6500

Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions

e5500

Power ISA v2.06 with some exceptions, no Altivec

Power7

Power ISA v2.06

Power6

Power ISA v2.05

PA6T

Power ISA v2.04

Cell PPU

  • Power ISA v2.02 with some minor exceptions

  • Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03

Power5++

Power ISA v2.04 (no VMX)

Power5+

Power ISA v2.03

Power5

  • PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.02

  • PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.02

  • PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.02

PPC970

  • PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01

  • PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01

  • PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01

  • Plus Altivec/VMX ~= 2.03

Power4+

  • PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.01

  • PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.01

  • PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.01

Power4

  • PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture Book I v2.00

  • PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture Book II v2.00

  • PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture Book III v2.00

Key Features

CPU

VMX (aka. Altivec)

Power10

Yes

Power9

Yes

Power8

Yes

e6500

Yes

e5500

No

Power7

Yes

Power6

Yes

PA6T

Yes

Cell PPU

Yes

Power5++

No

Power5+

No

Power5

No

PPC970

Yes

Power4+

No

Power4

No

CPU

VSX

Power10

Yes

Power9

Yes

Power8

Yes

e6500

No

e5500

No

Power7

Yes

Power6

No

PA6T

No

Cell PPU

No

Power5++

No

Power5+

No

Power5

No

PPC970

No

Power4+

No

Power4

No

CPU

Transactional Memory

Power10

No (* see Power ISA v3.1, “Appendix A. Notes on the Removal of Transactional Memory from the Architecture”)

Power9

Yes (* see Transactional Memory support)

Power8

Yes

e6500

No

e5500

No

Power7

No

Power6

No

PA6T

No

Cell PPU

No

Power5++

No

Power5+

No

Power5

No

PPC970

No

Power4+

No

Power4

No