Intel Xeon E5 2470 vs Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5-2470

AMD Opteron 6168

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2470 with 8 cores 2.3GHz 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

Intel Xeon E5 2470 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2470 +140%

580

Opteron 6168

241

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2470 +120%

3131

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2470

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Opteron 6168

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

115 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

Intel

Foundry

-

294 mm²

Die Size

346 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

9.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

256 K per core

L2 Cache

6 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 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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