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Identical to my other AMD Opteron 1.6GHz in terms of OPN (Ordering Part Number). However, the laser-engraved printing on the CPU's is different. This particular CPU doesn't have the regular production-style printing on it.

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An unknown S940 CPU. It probably fits in the category 'Opteron' and it might be a very early sample or a mechanical or thermal sample.

My sample has the markings 'SVDC DFM1' with 2050, 25.5 and B2 in the corners. With red there is a faint shade of what used to be the number 141. I've seen another... > Read more

My first AMD Opteron engineering sample on socket 940 . It boots up on my engineering sample MSI K8D Master-F but during P.O.S.T. it halts on the memory check. The check doesn't get past 514MB of RAM. Even when I swap out memory sticks and try different configurations it doesn't get past the 514MB... > Read more

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The first generation of Opteron's. The 800 models are able to run in systems with eight (octa) CPU's. I have tested two of them in a MSI MS-9131 0B engineering sample motherboard and work great even despite they are not recognized correctly.

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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!

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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 webs... > 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 cl... > Read more

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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

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 ... > Read more

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The regular line of Opteron 'Egypt'-cores had CPU's ranging from 1.8GHz to 2.8GHz. This particular Opteron 880 runs ar 2.4GHz and was a strong-performer when it was released in late 2005. The Opteron 8xx can run in 8 socket systems creating a (in total) 16-core system.... > Read more

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This AMD Opteron 165 is based on the 90nm Denmark core. It one core and can run only in single-CPU systems.

Basically the only practical different between the Opteron 165 'Denmark' and Opteron 265 'Italy' is the single/dual socket configuration. The Opteron 1xx series with a Denmark core do have... > Read more

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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 ... > 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

A single-core 90nm Opteron that can run in up to two socket systems.

AMD released three versions in 2005:
1. OSA270FAA6CB with 95W TDP.
2. OST270FAA6CB with 85W TDP.
3. OSP270FAA6CB with 68W TDP.

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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

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.

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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

Known as the 'Third Generation' Opteron. It is the first quad-core Opteron that is based on AMD's first quad-core design 'Barcelona' (also known as K10-architecture).

Unfortunately AMD had problems getting the Barcelona to the market. It didn't deliver the performance that was needed to compete w... > Read more

Just like this Opteron Engineering Sample but clocked 200MHz faster.... > 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 work... > Read more

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The fastest Opteron in the 8300-series with a Barcelona core. They range from 1.9GHz up to this 2.5GHz version. The initial release of AMD's Barcelona chip was in August of 2007. The 2.5GHz version appeared on April 9th, 2008.

AMD tried to create one monolithic chip with Barcelona. This means tha... > Read more

In November 2008 AMD launched the 45nm Shanghai server CPU's. It was a refresh of the 'Barcelona' that were hampered with the TLB-bug and couldn't reach Intels' performance levels.

Shanghai had a bigger L3-cache and other optimizations. It also used noticeable less energy. Follow [url=https://tha... > Read more

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An almost production-like AMD Opteron 8435 CPU. This particular CPU is made in February 2009 but the official release was at June 2nd, 2009.

Unfortunately this CPU doesn't work in my ASUS KFN4-DRE. In my Tyan Thunder n3600R I see it does attempt to boot but falls into POST-code 'FF' fairly quick.... > Read more

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The Opteron 6100-series are based on the 45nm Magny-Cours and are available in 8-core and 12-core configurations. Most models are released on March 29, 2010 which faster models following in early 2011.

Compared to normal x86 CPU's these Opterons are physically huge!

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Not a bad CPU to have in late 2009. 12 cores that are based on the K10-core (read: Phenom II-performance) that work together to get the job done. I think that the 12-core Opteron's is a bit underrated. Of course it would've been nice it the CPU had a tad more single-core performance but it's high co... > Read more

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In 2009 AMD released the 6-core Istanbul. Models ranged from 1.8GHz to 2.8GHz with a few submodels that have the HE or EE label. HE stands for High-Efficiency and typically have a ~40W lower TDP. However, the HE models aren't clocked higher than 2.1GHz making this 2425 HE model the fastest High Effi... > Read more

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The Opteron 6204 is a 3.3GHz 4-core part based on the Bulldozer core. Because it's based on the Bulldozer core it's performance can be disappointing in several use cases. With it's low-core count there is not much to compensate this lack of performance making it difficult to justify this CPU.

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A 12-core CPU based on the Bulldozer core. Basically the AMD FX but used in a server platform. AMD's Bulldozer core was not the fastest out there but it's high-core count can clear the losses on low IPC a bit. Nevertheless it wasn't a succesful story since Intel just had the better overall product.
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Identical to my other AMD Opteron 6136 but two and a half year newer.

AMD launched their Mangy-Cours CPU-line on March 29, 2010. According to the production date of my other Opteron 6136 (44th week of 2009 they started producing production versions half a... > Read more

This AMD Opteron looks nice with it's grey / silver packaging. With that it differs from most CPU's: this CPU has a coreless package. It means that the organic substrate (PCB-like layer) is absent in order to reduce production cost, smaller packaging and less electric resistance. The latter also res... > Read more