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AMD Opteron 256

Benchmarks for the AMD Opteron 256 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

AMD Opteron 256

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: 940

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 92.6 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 256

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 32.96

Overall Rank:
4952nd fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
Insufficient data samples to calculate single thread ranking.
1201st fastest in out of 1235 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.00 USD (2018-02-20)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
626
Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Opteron 256

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,824
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 23,985
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,228
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,257
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,314
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,376
AMD Opteron 256
 626
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.28
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.70
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD Opteron 256
 32.96
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.31
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 3,654
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,367
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,930
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,781
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
AMD Opteron 256
 NA
Popular comparisons for AMD Opteron 256
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Opteron 256
 626
Intel Xeon 5148 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 747 (+19.2%)
AMD Opteron 252 vs AMD Opteron 256
 494 (-21.1%)
Intel Xeon 3065 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 913 (+45.7%)
Intel Xeon 5150 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 880 (+40.5%)
Intel Xeon E5472 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 2,333 (+272.4%)
Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 1,868 (+198.2%)
Intel Xeon E5335 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 1,549 (+147.3%)
Intel Xeon W3505 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 1,163 (+85.7%)
AMD Opteron 180 vs AMD Opteron 256
 746 (+19.1%)
Intel Xeon 5130 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 734 (+17.2%)
ARM Neoverse-N1 1 Core 0 MHz vs AMD Opteron 256
 724 (+15.5%)
AMD Opteron 185 vs AMD Opteron 256
 695 (+11.0%)