AMD G-T56N vs AMD Opteron 3280. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD G AMD Opteron
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  AMD G AMD Opteron 3000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.65 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6310 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.49 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  1
• Shader
  80
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  3
• DirectX Version
  11
• Technology
  40 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2010

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Opteron 3280 and AMD G-T56N. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD G-T56N and AMD Opteron 3280 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  18 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD G-T56N and AMD G-T56N, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Zurich (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  40 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  N/A AM3+
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2012