AMD Turion II N550 vs Opteron 6272 |
Released October, 2010
AMD Turion II N550
- 2.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Turion II N550
 | Much lower typical power consumption 28.44W | | Higher clock speed 2.6 GHz |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 30.66 $/year | | Much lower annual home energy cost 8.43 $/year |
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Released November, 2011
AMD Opteron 6272
- 2.1 GHz
- 16 core
Reasons to buy the Opteron 6272
| | Much more l2 cache 16 MB | | More cores 16 |
| | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 4 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 28.44W | vs | 93.44W | 3.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | Around 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | 3.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | 3.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 16 MB | vs | 2 MB | 8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| More cores | 16 | vs | 2 | 14 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| More threads | 16 | vs | 2 | 14 more threads | |||
| Significantly better PassMark score | 6,748 | vs | 1,521 | Around 4.5x better PassMark score | |||
| Significantly better performance per watt | 6.12 pt/W | vs | 2.14 pt/W | More than 2.8x better performance per watt | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Newer | Nov, 2011 | vs | Oct, 2010 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Turion II N550 vs Opteron 6272
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Turion II N550 | vs | Opteron 6272 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | 16 core | |
| Socket type | |||
| S1 | |||
| G34 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 35W | 115W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.14 pt/W | 6.12 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 93.44W | |
details | Turion II N550 | vs | Opteron 6272 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2 | 16 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 4 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 533 MHz | 3,200 MHz | |
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