AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Opteron 6278

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX with 16 cores 4GHz 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 Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (4GHz 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 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX +553%

2020

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX +529%

16222

Opteron 6278

2575

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Chagall PRO

Core Architecture

Interlagos

AMD Socket WRX8

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

16.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

115 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x81 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

14 nm

I/O Process Size

-

416 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

40.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

512 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

64 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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