Ryzen 7 2700 vs Opteron 840 EE

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated778
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.42
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data14.38
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release dateMay 2004 (20 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700 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 cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache128 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm12 nm
Die size193 mm2192 mm2
Number of transistors106 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket940AM4
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 65 Watt

Opteron 840 EE has 116.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 2700, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 840 EE and Ryzen 7 2700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 840 EE is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 2700 is a desktop one.


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