Opteron 254 vs Opteron 252

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 252 and Opteron 254 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
Architecture codenameTroy (2005)Troy (2005)
Release dateFebruary 2005 (19 years ago)August 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 252 and Opteron 254 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Number of transistors106 million106 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 252 and Opteron 254 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 configuration22
Socket940940
Power consumption (TDP)92 Watt92 Watt

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
+68.5%
Opteron 254 451

Pros & cons summary


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