Opteron 252: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Opteron 252 sales on February 2005 at a recommended price of $63. This is a Troy architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket 940 processor with a TDP of 92 Watt.
Primary Details
Opteron 252 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Troy (2005) | |
| Release date | February 2005 (19 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $63 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $479 (7.6x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Detailed Specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Number of transistors | 106 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 252 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 940 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 92 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 252. Overall benchmark performance 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Recommended GPUs
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