AMD Opteron 6208 vs Athlon X2 4400+ |
First seen on January, 2013
AMD Opteron 6208
- 3.5 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 6208
 | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Much more l2 cache 4 MB |
| | Much higher clock speed 3.5 GHz | | Much more l3 cache 16 MB |
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First seen on June, 2012
AMD Athlon X2 4400+
- 2.2 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon X2 4400+
| | Significantly lower typical power consumption 72.31W | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 77.96 $/year |
| | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 21.44 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 4 MB | vs | 2 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much higher clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | Around 60% higher clock speed | |||
| Much more l3 cache | 16 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 16 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| Much more l3 cache per core | 4 MB/core | vs | 0 MB/core | Compared to all cpus, 4 MB/core l3 cache per core is just OK | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 72.31W | vs | 93.44W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 77.96 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 21.44 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Features Key features of the Opteron 6208 vs Athlon X2 4400+
clock speed
L2 cache
L3 cache
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Opteron 6208 | vs | Athlon X2 4400+ |
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| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| G34 | |||
| AM2 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| AES | |||
details | Opteron 6208 | vs | Athlon X2 4400+ |
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| Threads | 4 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 0 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 4 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 4 | 1 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 115W | 89W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 27.7 $/year | 21.44 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 100.74 $/year | 77.96 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 93.44W | 72.31W | |
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