Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 vs Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 with 6 cores 2.6GHz 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

Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 +54%

478

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2

837

Opteron 6278 +207%

2575

Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Sep 2013

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

160 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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