Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs Opteron 6272

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

AMD Opteron 6272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and Opteron 6272 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Lower TDP (95W vs 115W)

Opteron 6272 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 15MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420 +41%

371

Opteron 6272

263

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

Opteron 6272 +32%

2502

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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Opteron 6272

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Nov 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

294 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

11.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

256 K per core

L2 Cache

8.00391 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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