Opteron 6168: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Opteron 6168 sales 29 March 2010. This is a Magny-Cours architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 12 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt and a maximum temperature of 69 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
General info
Opteron 6168 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 | Magny-Cours (2010−2011) | |
| Release date | 29 March 2010 (14 years ago) | |
| Current price | $293 | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Technical specs
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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 768 KB (shared) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB (per core) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 346 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 69 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 1,800 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 6168 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 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | G34 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Opteron 6168's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Opteron 6168, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Opteron 6168 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 15 configurations based on Opteron 6168 in our database.
