The AMD Opteron 3380 was a server/workstation processor with 8 cores, launched in December 2012, at an MSRP of $229. It is part of the Opteron lineup, using the Delhi architecture with Socket AM3+. Opteron 3380 has 8 MB of L3 cache and operates at 2.6 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.6 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the Opteron 3380 on a 32 nm production node using 1,200 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Opteron 3380, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 65 W, the Opteron 3380 consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1866 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the machine, Opteron 3380 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although neither the processor nor its chipsets support integrated graphics, certain motherboards include dedicated graphics chipset that can provide some basic display output functionality.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Opteron 3380, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.