Opteron X2 180 vs Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Opteron X2 180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2961not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.63no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Denmark (2005−2006)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)26 September 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Opteron X2 180 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data199 mm2
Number of transistorsno data233 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Opteron X2 180 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 configurationno data2
Socketno data939
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt110 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Opteron X2 180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 110 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 4800+ has 69.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and Opteron X2 180. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 4800+ is a desktop processor while Opteron X2 180 is a server/workstation one.


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