A4-5145M vs Opteron 246

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3470	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	0.11	no data
Designer	AMD	AMD
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer (2003−2005)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	August 2003 (22 years ago)	1 June 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Opteron 246 and A4-5145M: 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	130 nm	32 nm
Die size	193 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	106 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 246 and A4-5145M 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	2	1
Socket	940	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 246 and A4-5145M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 246 and A4-5145M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 246 and A4-5145M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 8310G (424 - 554 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	130 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	17 Watt