Xeon Phi 7230F vs Opteron 244

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Knights Landing (2016)
Release dateApril 2003 (21 year ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads1256
Base clock speedno data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB32 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Number of transistors106 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration21
Socket9403647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt230 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 64
Threads 1 256
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 230 Watt

Opteron 244 has 170.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7230F, on the other hand, has 6300% more physical cores and 25500% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 244 and Xeon Phi 7230F. We've got no test results to judge.


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