AMD Opteron 3280
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AMD Opteron 3280 vs AMD Athlon II X4 750K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2012
AMD Opteron 3280
AMD Opteron 3280
Released
Q4/2012
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AMD Athlon II X4 750K
AMD Athlon II X4 750K

What's the best choice AMD Opteron 3280 or AMD Athlon II X4 750K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Opteron 3280 has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2012.

AMD Athlon II X4 750K has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q4/2012.

Differences

AMD Opteron 3280 Reasons to consider
AMD Opteron 3280
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1278 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Opteron 3280 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    566 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    843 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    789 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    787 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1388 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 29% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 13 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X4 750K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    865 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    773 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1130 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1175 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    644 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    629 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    731 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    513 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    928 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Opteron 3280 AMD Opteron 3280
AMD Athlon II X4 750K AMD Athlon II X4 750K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Opteron left arrow AMD Athlon II
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD Opteron 3000 left arrow AMD Athlon II (Trinity)
CPU Technical specs

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
    2.40 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.50 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X4 750K and AMD Opteron 3280. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR3-1866
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 1
  • PCIe version
    2.0 left arrow
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Opteron 3280 and AMD Athlon II X4 750K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 100 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Opteron 3280 and AMD Opteron 3280, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow None
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow SSE3
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Zurich (Bulldozer) left arrow Trinity
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FM2
  • Release date
    Q1/2012 left arrow Q4/2012

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Opteron 3280 and AMD Athlon II X4 750K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
506
AMD Opteron 3280
276
AMD Athlon II X4 750K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
924
AMD Opteron 3280
1921
AMD Athlon II X4 750K
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
3024
AMD Opteron 3280
4892
AMD Athlon II X4 750K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
5533
AMD Opteron 3280
4336
AMD Athlon II X4 750K

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