Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz 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 Platinum 9221 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 250W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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