Information about the AMD Opteron 3280 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  AMD Opteron 3280
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Opteron
• Generation
  1
• CPU group
  AMD Opteron 3000

Technical and quantitative specifications of the AMD Opteron 3280: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.70 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in AMD Opteron 3280 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo

List of video codecs supported by the AMD Opteron 3280 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  No
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the AMD Opteron 3280. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

Support for AES-NI encryption on the AMD Opteron 3280 CPU.

• AES-NI
  Yes

Let's find out what TDP has the AMD Opteron 3280? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the AMD Opteron 3280 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Zurich (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  32 nm
• Socket
  AM3+
• Release date
  Q1/2012

List of devices based on AMD Opteron 3280.

• Used in
  Unknown