Celeron N5095A vs Opteron 246

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1717
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data16.35
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release dateAugust 2003 (21 year ago)1 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography130 nm10 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A 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
Socket940BGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

Opteron 246 632
Celeron N5095A 4118
+552%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N5095A has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 246 and Celeron N5095A. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 246 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N5095A is a desktop one.


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