AMD Opteron X2 885 vs AMD Opteron X2 890

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2 885 and AMD Opteron X2 890 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility.

AMD Opteron X2 885

AMD Opteron X2 890

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 890

Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron X2 885	AMD Opteron X2 890
Essentials
Architecture codename	Egypt	Egypt
Launch date	March 2006	March 2006
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	2.6 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	233 million	233 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	940	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt