i3-12100F vs Opteron 252

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated857
Place by popularitynot in top-1005
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data14.50
Architecture codenameTroy (2005)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release dateFebruary 2005 (19 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F 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)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F 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
Socket940FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)92 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 252 760
i3-12100F 14108
+1756%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Power consumption (TDP) 92 Watt 58 Watt

i3-12100F has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and 58.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 252 and Core i3-12100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 252 is a server/workstation processor while Core i3-12100F is a desktop one.


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