AMD EPYC 9655P vs Opteron 6238
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9655P with 96 cores 2.6GHz and Opteron 6238 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9655P 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1600)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)
Opteron 6238 's Advantages
Lower TDP (115W vs 400W)
Score
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Nov 2011
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Interlagos
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
AMD Socket G34
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))
Generation
Opteron (Interlagos)
Package
99.78 billions
Transistor Count
2.4 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
115 W
TSMC
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
12x70.6 mm²
Die Size
2x315 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
96
Performance Cores
-
192
Performance Core Threads
-
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
96
Total Core Count
12
192
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
200 MHz
26.0
Multiplier
13.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
768 KB
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per module
384 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB per die
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
4
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3-1600
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
4
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
