Opteron A1170: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Opteron A1170 sales 14 January 2016. This is a Seattle architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 8 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP1 processor with a TDP of 32 Watt. It supports DDR3, DDR4 memory.
General info
Opteron A1170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Seattle (2016) | |
| Release date | 14 January 2016 (8 years ago) |
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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron A1170 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 | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | SP1 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron A1170. 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 A1170's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 |
