A4-4355M vs Opteron 6272

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1491	2762
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Interlagos (2011−2012)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	14 November 2011 (12 years ago)	27 September 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$325	no data
Current price	$210 (0.6x MSRP)	$210

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M 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 cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB (shared)	96 KB
L2 cache	8.00391 MB (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	16 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	316 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	2,400 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	G34	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

unknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7400G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6272 and A4-4355M.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Opteron 6272 outperforms A4-4355M by 552% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.39	0.52
Recency	14 November 2011	27 September 2012
Physical cores	16	2
Threads	16	2
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	17 Watt

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