Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon E5 2648L

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon E5-2648L

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2648L with 8 cores 1.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (1.9GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Intel Xeon E5 2648L 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (70W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon E5 2648L +99%

481

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2648L +209%

4386

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5 2648L

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

2.27 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

70 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

18.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

20 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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