AMD Opteron X2 880 vs AMD Opteron 152

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2 880 and AMD Opteron 152 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron X2 880

AMD Opteron 152

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 880

CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 104 Watt

Launch date	September 2005 vs August 2005
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 104 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 152

Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron X2 880
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 152

Name	AMD Opteron X2 880	AMD Opteron 152
PassMark - Single thread mark		487
PassMark - CPU mark		428

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2 880	AMD Opteron 152
Essentials
Architecture codename	Egypt	Venus
Launch date	September 2005	August 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	3038
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	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	233 million	106 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	940	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	104 Watt