Intel Xeon E7 8850 vs Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E7-8850

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E7 8850 with 10 cores 2GHz 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 E7 8850 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E7 8850 +21%

376

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E7 8850 +59%

4103

Opteron 6278

2575

Intel Xeon E7 8850

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

513 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

16

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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