Opteron 6348 vs Athlon 600

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1226
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data4.07
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Abu Dhabi (2012)
Release date23 June 1999 (25 years ago)5 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$615no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed0.6 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB576 KB
L2 cache512 KB12 MB
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (per die)
Chip lithography180 nm32 nm
Die size184 mm2315 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million2,400 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348 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 configuration14
SocketAG34
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 1999 5 November 2012
Physical cores 1 12
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 115 Watt

Athlon 600 has 155.6% lower power consumption.

Opteron 6348, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 600 and Opteron 6348. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 600 is a desktop processor while Opteron 6348 is a server/workstation one.


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