AMD Opteron 250 HE vs AMD Opteron 848 HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 250 HE and AMD Opteron 848 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility.

AMD Opteron 250 HE

AMD Opteron 848 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 250 HE

Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 848 HE

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 250 HE	AMD Opteron 848 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Troy	Athens
Launch date	March 2005	March 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	106 million	106 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	8
Sockets supported	940	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	55 Watt