AMD Opteron 8212 HE (F2): specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Opteron 8212 HE (F2) sales 15 August 2006 at a recommended price of $1,019. This is a Santa Rosa architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket F processor with a TDP of 68 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.

Primary details

Opteron 8212 HE (F2) 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	Santa Rosa (2006−2007)
Release date	15 August 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,019	of 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography	90 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	235 mm2
Number of transistors	227 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 8212 HE (F2) 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	8
Socket	F
Power consumption (TDP)	68 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 8212 HE (F2). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

PowerNow

+

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 8212 HE (F2)'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Opteron 8212 HE (F2).

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

1.0

of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 8212 HE (F2). Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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