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Identical to this CPU. I bought a pair of these so that I could test it in a dual CPU system. > Read more

A fine CPU that is technically based on the Athlon 64 X2 core but can run with ECC Registered memory and in dual CPU configurations. I have engineering samples of this CPU dated 2005 (including a bug with AMD-V's virtualization technology). It would've been nice if AMD could get these CPU's earlier on the market to gain market share. By the time that the Santa Rosa CPU's were readily available Intel already dominated the market with Core 2 Duo-technology based Xeons.

Nevertheless; I've used the engineering sample Santa Rosa's in a dual CPU setup for a few years and they ran just fine with performance that you would expect from a decent Athlon 64 X2 system (but than with twice the core-count since I used two CPU's). > Read more

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AMD released a series of Opteron HE models (High Efficiency) that had a lower TDP (just 68W rather than 95W). With these models the 'Performance per Watt' (which was a marketing term that was popular at the time) increased quite a bit.

Besides the TDP these CPU's are identical to the normal versions. > Read more

A lot like the Opteron 2218 but 200MHz slower and made in the 22th week of 2007. In that time-frame AMD was taping out engineering samples of the next Opteron ('Barcelona') so the dual-core 'Santa Rosa' based Opterons were still the flagship of AMD. They worked fine but performance was not at the same level as the Intel Xeon that was based on the Core 2 architecture. > Read more

Just this this Opteron 2216 but with a different production date. I bought two of these to run in a dual CPU system. > Read more

The Opteron 8212 is capable of running with up to 8 CPU's in one system. Other than that it's performance is identical to a 1212 or 2212. > Read more

Unfortunately this CPU does not work. It never did when I got it and according to the heatspreader the CPU didn't work for a long time (or at all). The other socket F 'Santarosa' Opterons in my collection have scratched heatspreaders because they have been used (a lot) for testing hardware. Because this CPU doesn't have those scratches I suspect it was either DOA (Dead On Arrival) or got damaged quickly. > Read more

Almost the same as the other Santarosa Opterons. This model ends with 635 instead 631 (ZSW2400GAA635). I'm not sure what the difference is. > Read more

The same as the other Santarosa Opterons . > Read more

Just like this 2218 and it's brother but a 400MHz slower.

This CPU works great. Interesting note is that if I combine this 2214 with a 2216 or 2218 the clock frequency of both processors is reduced to the lowest clock frequency possible because both CPU's can handle that frequency. In this case they will run at 1GHz. > Read more

The brother of this AMD Opteron 2218. They are made in the same week and this CPU is 27 CPU's older then it's brother.

Today both CPU's run in my server and present you this webpage. The server' host OS is Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, the webserver runs on Ubuntu inside a virtual server. Down below you'll find a picture of the server running Windows Server 2008:


As seen on the photo's on the right the laser etched inscription is difficult to see. When seeing the CPU with the naked eye the inscription is also not easy to read. > Read more

I obtained this CPU along with one nephew and four little brothers. All these CPU's are my first socket F samples so I didn't have any hardware to test it. Because I was interested whether the CPU's would work or not I bought suitable hardware. The result? A new server with four cores!

See this CPU-z screenshot while I was running in a test environment:


Currently I'm waiting for heatsinks so I can actually use two CPU's. For the moment I have only one CPU running with an AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ heatsink/fan attached to it.

Little history
In the end of 2004 it was already known that the new AMD Opteron dual-core processors would fit in a socket with 1207 pins. Halfway 2005 this was confirmed and not much later the first pictures of socket F showed up.

The AMD Opteron 2218 you are looking at has been made in September 2005. This is almost one year before the official launch of the CPU on 15 August 2006. AMD had it's technology prepared long before it was actually used. According to some research some motherboard companies were already finished in June 2006. AMD was also willing to wait for Intel to ship the Xeon 'Woodcrest' in the end of June. In a summary: getting a CPU to the market takes some time . > Read more