AMD Opteron 6281: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Opteron 6281 provides poor benchmark performance at 4.53% of a leader's which is a 192-core EPYC 9965.
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Summary
AMD started Opteron 6281 sales 1 May 2012 at a recommended price of $988. 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 3200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Opteron 6281 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1436 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.87 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 3.36 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | |
| Architecture codename | Interlagos (2011−2012) | |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (13 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $988 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per module) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (per die) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 315 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 2,400 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 6281 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 | 4 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | G34 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6281. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + |
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 6281's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Opteron 6281.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 6281. 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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Send your test results of Opteron 6281.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron 6281 is Xeon E3-1270 v3, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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