AMD EPYC 7261 vs Opteron 6348

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AMD EPYC 7261

AMD Opteron 6348

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7261 with 8 cores 2.5GHz and Opteron 6348 with 12 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7261 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7261 +47%

722

Opteron 6348

489

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7261

3798

Opteron 6348 +87%

7124

AMD EPYC 7261

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Opteron 6348

General Parameters

Jun 2018

Release Date

Nov 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Abu Dhabi

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

115 W

81 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

213 mm²

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

14.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

576 KB

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per module

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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