AMD Opteron 4238 vs AMD Turion II P560

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and AMD Turion II P560 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 6 vs 2
  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 9% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1006
  • 7.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7236 vs 913
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 288 KB vs 265 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313 vs 1006
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 vs 913

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II P560

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: AMD Turion II P560

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1313
1006
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7236
913
Name AMD Opteron 4238 AMD Turion II P560
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313 1006
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 913
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 301
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 558

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4238 AMD Turion II P560

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating 1772 2750
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Server Laptop
Architecture codename Champlain
Launch date 19 October 2010

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB 265 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)