The K6-2 was intended as competitor to the more expensive Intel Pentium II. The K6 was generally slower, but at a lower cost it was sufficient for most computing needs, and enjoyed a good success as a low-end chip.
The K6-2 had an additional SIMD instruction set known as 3DNow, introduced by AMD as a competitor to Intel's MMX.
See also: K6-III, List of AMD microprocessors