i7-10850H vs Opteron 240 EE

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated973
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data15.60
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release dateFebruary 2004 (20 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$395

Detailed specifications

Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H 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
Socket940FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data45.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 45 Watt

Opteron 240 EE has 50% lower power consumption.

i7-10850H, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 240 EE and Core i7-10850H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 240 EE is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-10850H is a notebook one.


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