Intel Atom C2550 vs AMD Opteron 6308

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom C2550 and AMD Opteron 6308 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom C2550

  • Around 29% higher maximum core temperature: 96°C vs 74.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 8.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum core temperature 96°C vs 74.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom C2550
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6308

Name Intel Atom C2550 AMD Opteron 6308
PassMark - Single thread mark 554
PassMark - CPU mark 1422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 20.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.802

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom C2550 AMD Opteron 6308

Essentials

Architecture codename Avoton
Launch date Q3'13
Place in performance rating 2855 3018
Processor Number C2550
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor C Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6308WKT4GHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 3.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 96°C 74.40°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
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Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR3/DDR3L 1600 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 34 mm x 28 mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1283 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt 115 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 2
PCIe configurations x1,x2,x4,x8,x16
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2

Advanced Technologies

Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)