AMD Opteron 842: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Opteron 842 sales on June 2003. This is a SledgeHammer architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket 940 processor with a TDP of 85 Watt.

We have no data on Opteron 842 benchmark results.

General info

Opteron 842 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2004)
Release dateJune 2003 (20 years old)
Current price$263 of 17802 (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 cores1 (Single-Core)
Threads1
Boost clock speed1.6 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KBof 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MBof 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography130 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size193 mm2
Number of transistors106 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 842 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 configuration8
Socket940
Power consumption (TDP)85 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 842. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


We have no data on Opteron 842 benchmark results.


Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for Opteron 842 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 12 configurations based on Opteron 842 in our database.

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