AMD EPYC 7261 vs Opteron 156

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AMD EPYC 7261

AMD Opteron 156

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Opteron 156 with 1 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 400)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 156 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (104W vs 170W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7261

VS

Opteron 156

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

May 2005

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Venus

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket 939

N/A

Integrated Graphics

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Opteron (Venus (E4))

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

0.114 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

104 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

-

213 mm²

Die Size

115 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

8

Total Core Count

1

16

Total Thread Count

1

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

15.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

128 KB

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR1-400

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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