AMD EPYC 7272 vs Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 7272 Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +121%

683

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7272 +64%

4227

Opteron 6278

2575

AMD EPYC 7272

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Interlagos

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

120 W

Power Consumption

115 W

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

-

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

12.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

512 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

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