AMD Opteron 6262 HE vs AMD Opteron 6272

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6262 HE and AMD Opteron 6272 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.

AMD Opteron 6262 HE

AMD Opteron 6272

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6272

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 65°C

Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 65°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6262 HE
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6272

Name	AMD Opteron 6262 HE	AMD Opteron 6272
PassMark - Single thread mark		966
PassMark - CPU mark		9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6923

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6262 HE	AMD Opteron 6272
Essentials
Architecture codename	Interlagos	Interlagos
Family	AMD Opteron	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2011	November 2011
OPN Tray	OS6262VATGGGU	OS6272WKTGGGU
Place in performance rating	not rated	1602
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$325
Price now		$658.89
Value for money (0-100)		3.02
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz	2.1 GHz
Die size	316 mm	316 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C
Maximum core temperature	65°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	16	16
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	2400 million	2400 million
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Memory
Supported memory frequency	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	G34	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)