Pentium E5200 vs Opteron 6168

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2796
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.13
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data0.86
Architecture codenameMagny-Cours (2010−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date29 March 2010 (14 years ago)August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz2.5 GHz
L1 cache768 KB (shared)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (per core)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache12 MB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size346 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,800 million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200 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
SocketG34LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 2
Threads 12 2
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 65 Watt

Opteron 6168 has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Pentium E5200, on the other hand, has 76.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 6168 and Pentium E5200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 6168 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium E5200 is a desktop one.


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