Athlon 64 FX-60 vs Opteron 250

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 250 and Athlon 64 FX-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Toledo (2006)
Release dateDecember 2004 (19 years ago)January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12no data

Detailed specifications

Opteron 250 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm90 nm
Die size193 mm2199 mm2
Number of transistors106 million233 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 250 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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 configuration21
Socket940939
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt110 Watt

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 250 649
Athlon 64 FX-60 709
+9.2%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 110 Watt

Opteron 250 has 23.6% lower power consumption.

Athlon 64 FX-60, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 250 and Athlon 64 FX-60. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 250 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 64 FX-60 is a desktop one.


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AMD Opteron 250
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