AMD Athlon-64 vs. Opteron

[Net Llama!]

On 10/27/2004 07:47 PM, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 08:28:44PM -0600, Collins Richey took 33 lines to write:
> 
>>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
> 
> 
> Dude! You are such a stud. It still looks like Opteron is the way to go,
> then. The reason I asked was that I'm currently thinking about building
> a dual Opteron workstation...

Opterons are still more of a server class CPU, while the Athlons are 
more workstation class.  Opterons usually have more cache.  See:
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2249
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041019/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030923/index.html


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