AMD Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE vs Athlon II X2 250 |
Released June, 2009
AMD Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE
- 1.8 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the AMD Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE
 | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 8 | | Significantly more l2 cache 3 MB |
| | More l3 cache 6 MB | | More cores 6 |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Athlon II X2 250
| | Significantly higher clock speed 3 GHz | | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.72 GHz | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 8 | vs | 1 | 7 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
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| Significantly more l2 cache | 3 MB | vs | 2 MB | 50% more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| More l3 cache | 6 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all cpus, 6 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 2 | Three times as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly more l3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0 MB/core | Compared to all cpus, 1 MB/core l3 cache per core is just OK | |||
| More threads | 6 | vs | 2 | Three times as many threads | |||
| Slightly lower typical power consumption | 48.75W | vs | 52.81W | Around 10% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Slightly lower annual home energy cost | 14.45 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | Around 10% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Slightly lower annual commercial energy cost | 52.56 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | Around 10% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 65% higher clock speed | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 2x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.04 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | Around 2.2x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE vs Athlon II X2 250
clock speed
L2 cache
L3 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| XOP | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| BMI1 | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| ABM | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| TBM | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,400 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
details | Six-Core Opteron 8419 EE | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 6 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 0 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 8 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 1.12 - UnknownV | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.8 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 60W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 14.45 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 52.56 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 48.75W | 52.81W | |
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