Opteron 6348: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Opteron 6348 provides poor benchmark performance at 4.94% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Opteron 6348 sales 5 November 2012. This is an Abu Dhabi architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Opteron 6348 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1240 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 4.07 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Abu Dhabi (2012) | |
| Release date | 5 November 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 576 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (per die) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 2,400 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 6348 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 | 4 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | G34 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6348. 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 6348's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 6348. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron 6348 is Xeon E3-1575M v5, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Opteron 6348, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Opteron 6348 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2 configurations using Opteron 6348 in our database.
