Ryzen 9 7840HX vs Opteron 6168

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codenameMagny-Cours (2010−2011)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date29 March 2010 (14 years ago)17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache768 KB (shared)768 KB
L2 cache6 MB (per core)12 MB
L3 cache12 MB64 MB
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Die size346 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,800 million9900 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX 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 configuration2no data
SocketG34FL1
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 March 2010 17 January 2024
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 9 7840HX has an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more threads, a 800% more advanced lithography process, and 109.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Opteron 6168 and Ryzen 9 7840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron 6168 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 9 7840HX is a notebook one.


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