AMD Opteron X2 890 vs AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X2 890 and AMD Opteron X2 875 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 890

  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

  • Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron X2 890 AMD Opteron X2 875 HE

Essentials

Architecture codename Egypt Egypt
Launch date March 2006 February 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 2.8 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 233 million 233 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 8
Sockets supported 940 940
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 55 Watt