Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 vs Opteron 6180 SE

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Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3

AMD Opteron 6180 SE

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 with 10 cores 2.9GHz and Opteron 6180 SE with 12 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (135W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 +234%

1046

Opteron 6180 SE

313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3 +109%

6173

Opteron 6180 SE

2944

Intel Xeon E5 2666 v3

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Opteron 6180 SE

General Parameters

Nov 2014

Release Date

Feb 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

135 W

Power Consumption

140 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

356 mm²

Die Size

2x346 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

10

Total Core Count

12

20

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

12.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

128 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133,DDR3-2133

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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