AMD Opteron X3216 vs AMD Opteron X3421. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Opteron AMD Opteron
• CPU group
  AMD Opteron X3000 AMD Opteron X3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  -- 0

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 2 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  2x 4x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 2.10 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz 3.40 GHz

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 R7 - 256 (Toronto) AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto)
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz 0.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 8
• Shader
  256 512
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  -- 0
• Direct X
  -- 0
• Technology
  -- 0
• Release date
  --

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Opteron X3421 and AMD Opteron X3216. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1600 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  --
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  3 x 8 3 x 8
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Opteron X3216 and AMD Opteron X3421 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 35 W
• TDP down
  12 W 12 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Opteron X3216 and AMD Opteron X3216, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Toronto (Excavator) Toronto (Excavator)
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, AMD-Vt AMD-V, AMD-Vt
• Socket
  FP4 FP4
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2015
• Part Number
  OX3216AAY23KA OX3421AAY43KA