6th Generation CPU Comparisons. by Paul Hsieh AMD K6 Intel Pentium II Cyrix 6x86MX Common features Closing words Glossary Update: 09/07/99 I have now started a seventh generation architecture web page. The following is a comparative text meant to give people a feel for the differences in the various 6th generation x86 CPUs. For this little ditty, I've chosen the Intel P-II (aka Klamath, P6), the AMD K6 (aka NX686), and the Cyrix 6x86MX (aka M2). These are all MMX capable 6th generation x86 com...