Intel Xeon E5 2680 v3 vs Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

AMD Opteron 6168

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2680 v3 with 12 cores 2.5GHz 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 2680 v3 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680 v3 +164%

638

Opteron 6168

241

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680 v3

672

Opteron 6168 +111%

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2680 v3

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Opteron 6168

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2010

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

120 W

Power Consumption

115 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

69 °C

Intel

Foundry

-

356 mm²

Die Size

346 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

12

Total Core Count

12

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

9.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

256 K per core

L2 Cache

6 MB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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