AMD Opteron 6272: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Opteron 6272 sales 14 November 2011 at a recommended price of $325. This is an Interlagos architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Opteron 6272 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	1453
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.73
Market segment	Server
Architecture codename	Interlagos (2011−2012)
Release date	14 November 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$325	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$369 (1.1x MSRP)	of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	768 KB (shared)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	8.00391 MB (per core)	of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	16 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	316 mm2
Number of transistors	2,400 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6272 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	G34
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6272. 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 6272'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 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 6272. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Opteron 6272 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.

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