Xeon Phi 7295 vs Opteron 248

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295 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
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Phi
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Knights Mill (2017)
Release dateNovember 2003 (21 year ago)18 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads1288
Base clock speedno data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache128 KB4.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB36 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors106 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.550-1.2V

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295 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
Socket940SVLCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt320 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
SGXno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Max video memoryno data1 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data0 MHz

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 248 and Xeon Phi 7295.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data36

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 72
Threads 1 288
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 320 Watt

Opteron 248 has 259.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7295, on the other hand, has 7100% more physical cores and 28700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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