AMD Opteron X2 870 HE: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Opteron X2 870 HE sales on December 2005. This is an Egypt architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket 940 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt.

Primary details

Opteron X2 870 HE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Architecture codename	Egypt (2005−2006)
Release date	December 2005 (19 years ago)

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	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	1 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	0 KB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	90 nm	of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Number of transistors	233 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Opteron X2 870 HE 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	8
Socket	940
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron X2 870 HE. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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