AMD Opteron 846 vs Intel Pentium 4 505J

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 846 and Intel Pentium 4 505J processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 846

  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB vs 16 KB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 505J

  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.66 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.66 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 846 Intel Pentium 4 505J

Essentials

Architecture codename Athens Prescott
Launch date December 2004 December 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Vertical segment Server Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 193 mm 109 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.66 GHz
Number of cores 1 1
Transistor count 106 million 125 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 1
Sockets supported 940 775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 84 Watt

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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