Opteron 246: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Opteron 246 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.40% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Opteron 246 sales on August 2003 at a recommended price of $109. This is a SledgeHammer architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket 940 processor with a TDP of 89 Watt.
Primary details
Opteron 246 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 3009 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 0.43 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | SledgeHammer (2003−2005) | |
| Release date | August 2003 (21 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 193 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 106 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 246 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 940 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 246. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron 246 is Xeon 3.06, which is slower by 15% and lower by 72 positions in our ranking.
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