A4-5300B vs Opteron 254

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 254 and A4-5300B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2617
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data1.14
Architecture codenameTroy (2005)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release dateAugust 2005 (19 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 254 and A4-5300B 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors106 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 254 and A4-5300B 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
Socket940FM2
Power consumption (TDP)92 Watt65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 254 and A4-5300B are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 254 and A4-5300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7480D

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 254 451
A4-5300B 1243
+176%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 92 Watt 65 Watt

A4-5300B has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 41.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 254 and A4-5300B. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 254 is a server/workstation processor while A4-5300B is a desktop one.


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