AMD Athlon-64 vs. Opteron

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:11:41 -0400, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> 
> What is the difference, if one exists, between AMD's Athlon 64
> and AMD's Opteron? As far as I can tell, both are 64-bit CPUs and both
> can run 64- or 32-bit software. So why would I buy one instead of the
> other, if I take the price difference out of the calculation?
> 

As you must have seen, there doesn't appear to be much info that
addresses this specific question. The only for sure difference, other
than the fact that Opteron is future direction, is the fact that
Opteron requires ECC memory. Also the Athlon64 series comes in two
variants - one with a single memory path, and the other (more
expensive) with a dual memory path.

Ah, I did find a decent discussion. The net of this is that "As
mentioned before, the Athlon 64 will be essentially a slightly hobbled
(and more economical) version of the Opteron processor, intended for
the desktop and mobile markets."

Try this url: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1466

HTH,
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