AMD EPYC 7401 vs Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 7401

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7401 with 24 cores 2GHz 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 7401 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7401 +149%

771

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7401

1304

Opteron 6278 +97%

2575

AMD EPYC 7401

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Jun 2017

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Naples

Core Architecture

Interlagos

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen (Naples))

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

115 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

-

213 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

20.0

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

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

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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