Intel Xeon E5 2603 vs Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5-2603

AMD Opteron 6168

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2603 with 4 cores 1.8GHz 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 2603 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (1.9GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 10MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2603 +136%

571

Opteron 6168

241

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2603 +102%

2875

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2603

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Opteron 6168

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

115 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

Intel

Foundry

-

294 mm²

Die Size

346 mm²

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

9.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

256 K per core

L2 Cache

6 MB per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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