Opteron 4340: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Opteron 4340 sales 4 December 2012. This is a Seoul architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 6 cores and 6 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket C32 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Opteron 4340 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 | Seoul (2012) | |
| Release date | 4 December 2012 (12 years ago) |
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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | |
| Threads | 6 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 288 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 6144 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 4340 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 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | C32 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Opteron 4340's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
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