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AMD Opteron 6172

Benchmarks for the AMD Opteron 6172 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 6172

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: G34

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 115 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 10 MB

Other names: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 13.76

Overall Rank:
3206th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
4673rd fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
1033rd fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $189.95 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2615
Single Thread Rating
564

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,261
Thread: 712

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Opteron 6172

Integer Math11,213 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,931 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,655 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption493.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression49,838 KBytes/Sec
Physics193 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,106 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread564 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Opteron 6172

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2026


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,233
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,252
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
AMD Opteron 6172
 2,615
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.31
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39.93
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.35
AMD Opteron 6172
 13.76
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
Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of February 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 Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,369
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,780
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 6172
 564
Last 2 Baselines for AMD Opteron 6172
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1716480 - Jan 09 2023
2265
BL1389490 - Apr 01 2021
2158
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Opteron 6172
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Opteron 6172
 2,615
Intel Xeon L3426 @ 1.87GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,742 (+4.9%)
Intel Xeon X3330 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,102 (-19.6%)
Intel Xeon X5680 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 6,927 (+164.9%)
Intel Xeon W3540 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 3,075 (+17.6%)
Intel Xeon X3430 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,323 (-11.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 8,050 (+207.9%)
Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 3,796 (+45.2%)
Intel Xeon X5470 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,871 (+9.8%)
Intel Atom C2750 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,787 (+6.6%)
Intel Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,571 (-1.7%)
Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,256 (-13.7%)
Intel Xeon X3320 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Opteron 6172
 2,082 (-20.4%)