AMD Opteron 248: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Opteron 248 sales on November 2003 at a recommended price of $12. This is a SledgeHammer architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket 940 processor with a TDP of 89 Watt.

Primary details

Opteron 248 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release date	November 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$12	of 17,906 (tray) (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	2.2 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
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 (Core Ultra 9 285K)
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 248 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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	940
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 248. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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