Opteron 3380 vs Atom 330

Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Opteron 3380 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1713
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	3.79
Architecture codename	Diamondville (2008−2009)	Delhi (2012−2013)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	4 December 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Opteron 3380 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	8192 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	51.9276 mm2	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	94 Million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Opteron 3380 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Opteron 3380. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Opteron 3380 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Opteron 3380 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Opteron 3380. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Opteron 3380.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	4 December 2012
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	65 Watt

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