CPU Comparison
AMD
AMD Opteron 4238
CORE STATE
Valencia
CORE SPECS
6 Cores / 6 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
3.3 Base / 3.7 GHz Turbo
CACHE
8 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
95W
ARCHITECTURE
Bulldozer
PROCESS
32 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2011
VS
INTEL
Core i7-980
CORE STATE
Gulftown
CORE SPECS
6 Cores / 12 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
3.33 Base / 3.6 GHz Turbo
CACHE
12 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
130W
ARCHITECTURE
Westmere
PROCESS
32 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2011
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
Opteron 4238
i7-980
Core Specs
Cores
6
6
0.0%
Threads
6
12
+100.0%
Base Clock (GHz)
3.3
3.33
+0.9%
Boost Clock (GHz)
3.7
3.6
-2.7%
Frequency (GHz)
3.3
3.33
+0.9%
Turbo Clock (GHz)
3.7
3.6
-2.7%
Multiplier
16.5
25
+51.5%
SMP CPUs
2
1
-50.0%
Cache
L1 Cache
288 KB
64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache
6 MB
256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache
8 MB (shared)
12 MB (shared)
Power
TDP (W)
95
130
+36.8%
ACP
75 W
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Architecture
Architecture
Bulldozer
Westmere
Codename
Valencia
Gulftown
Generation
Opteron
(Valencia)
Core i7
(Gulftown)
Process Size
32 nm
32 nm
Transistors
1,200 million
1,170 million
Die Size
315 mm²
239 mm²
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Intel
Memory
Memory Support
DDR3
DDR3
Memory Bus
Dual-channel
Triple-channel
Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
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ECC Memory
Yes
No
Platform
Socket
AMD Socket C32
Intel Socket 1366
PCIe
Gen 2
Gen 2
Other
Market
Server/Workstation
Desktop
Production Status
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch Price
$255
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Part Number
OS4238WLU6KGU
SLBYU
Package
FC-LGA1207
FC-LGA10
Tj Max
70°C
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