AMD Opteron 6308: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Opteron 6308 sales 5 November 2012 at a recommended price of $501. This is an Abu Dhabi architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.5 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Opteron 6308 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)
Release date5 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$501of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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 cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache192 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (per module)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size2x 315 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors2,400 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6308 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 configuration4of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketG34
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6308. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+

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 6308's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Opteron 6308.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 6308. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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