AMD EPYC 7281 vs Opteron 6386 SE

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AMD EPYC 7281

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7281 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron 6386 SE with 16 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7281 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6386 SE 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7281 +31%

560

Opteron 6386 SE

426

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7281

456

Opteron 6386 SE +765%

3945

AMD EPYC 7281

VS

Opteron 6386 SE

General Parameters

Jun 2017

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

140 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

213 mm²

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

14.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

768 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

DDR3-1600

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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