Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon X5690

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon X5690

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon X5690 with 6 cores 3.466GHz . 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 130W)

Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 1.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon X5690 +148%

598

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon X5690 +216%

4495

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon X5690

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Feb 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

130 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.466 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.733 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

26.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

3

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

2

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