Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon E5 2609

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon E5-2609

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2609 with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 10MB)

Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon E5 2609 +69%

408

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2609 +48%

2102

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5 2609

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

80 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

24.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

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