AMD EPYC 7401 vs Opteron 6168

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AMD EPYC 7401

AMD Opteron 6168

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7401 with 24 cores 2GHz and Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7401 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7401 +219%

771

Opteron 6168

241

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7401

1304

Opteron 6168 +8%

1418

AMD EPYC 7401

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Opteron 6168

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

115 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

-

213 mm²

Die Size

346 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

24

Total Core Count

12

48

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

9.5

96 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

512 K per core

L2 Cache

6 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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