AMD Unveils New AMD Opteron Processors
Marking with the fourth anniversary of the launch of the AMD Opteron processor and AMD64 technology, AMD today announced availability and pricing for the performance-leading AMD Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE (3.0GHz) x86 dual-core server processors.
The new processors are available in several platform configurations from tier one OEMs, according to the company.
The new AMD Opteron 2222 SE is available for $873 and the 8222 SE costs $2,149.
AMD also disclosed updated performance projections for its upcoming native Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, code-named 'Barcelona.' The new Barcelona projections are based on the latest SPECcpu2006 benchmarks and show that AMD expects to have up to a 50 percent advantage in floating point performance and 20 percent in integer performance over the competition?s highest-performing quad-core processor at the same frequency. These results, as well as the latest benchmark tests, based on AMD Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE processors can be found at www.amd.com/opteronperformance.
The new AMD Opteron 2222 SE is available for $873 and the 8222 SE costs $2,149.
AMD also disclosed updated performance projections for its upcoming native Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, code-named 'Barcelona.' The new Barcelona projections are based on the latest SPECcpu2006 benchmarks and show that AMD expects to have up to a 50 percent advantage in floating point performance and 20 percent in integer performance over the competition?s highest-performing quad-core processor at the same frequency. These results, as well as the latest benchmark tests, based on AMD Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE processors can be found at www.amd.com/opteronperformance.
