Opteron 3260 HE: specs and benchmarks

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Opteron 3260 HE
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.44

Opteron 3260 HE provides poor benchmark performance at 1.44% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Opteron 3260 HE sales 20 March 2012 at a recommended price of $125. This is a Zurich architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3+ processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Opteron 3260 HE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2192
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.61
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency3.03of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameZurich (2012)
Release date20 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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 cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2.7 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache192 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size315 mm2
Number of transistors1,200 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 3260 HE 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketAM3+
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 3260 HE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Opteron 3260 HE's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Opteron 3260 HE.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 3260 HE. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Opteron 3260 HE 1.44

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 3260 HE 2283

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Opteron 3260 HE's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon X3430 100.69
Opteron 3260 HE 100
Xeon L5520 99.31
Xeon E5430 98.61
Xeon L5430 98.61

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron 3260 HE is Xeon E3-1220L, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Opteron 3260 HE:

Xeon X3430 100.69
Opteron 3260 HE 100
Xeon L5520 99.31
Xeon L5430 98.61

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