Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 with 12 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 120W)

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 +292%

945

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 +426%

7467

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Jan 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

120 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

25.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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