Intel Xeon Gold 5520 vs Opteron 6180 SE

VS

Intel Xeon Gold 5520+

AMD Opteron 6180 SE

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5520 with 28 cores 2.2GHz 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 Gold 5520 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 45nm)

Opteron 6180 SE 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (140W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +351%

1414

Opteron 6180 SE

313

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +401%

14750

Opteron 6180 SE

2944

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

VS

Opteron 6180 SE

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Feb 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Magny-Cours

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

140 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

2x346 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

28

Total Core Count

12

56

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

12.5

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

52.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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