Intel Xeon E5 2640 vs Opteron 8218 (F2)

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Intel Xeon E5-2640

AMD Opteron 8218 (F2)

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz and Opteron 8218 (F2) with 2 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 7 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 8218 (F2) 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2640

VS

Opteron 8218 (F2)

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Aug 2006

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Santa Rosa

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket F

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

0.227 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

-

435 mm²

Die Size

235 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

6

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

2

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

13.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR2-667

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

1

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