AMD Opteron 146 HE vs AMD Opteron 240 EE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 146 HE and AMD Opteron 240 EE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility.

AMD Opteron 146 HE

AMD Opteron 146 HE

vs

AMD Opteron 240 EE

AMD Opteron 240 EE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 146 HE

Around 43% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 240 EE

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 55 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 146 HE	AMD Opteron 240 EE
Essentials
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer	SledgeHammer
Launch date	February 2004	February 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	193 mm	193 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	1.4 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	106 million	106 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	940	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	30 Watt