Opteron 6168 vs Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD Opteron 6168

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz . 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 205W)

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (38.5MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 45nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Xeon Platinum 8280 +433%

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Xeon Platinum 8280 +8%

1535

Opteron 6168

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Xeon Platinum 8280

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

205 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

28

12

Total Thread Count

56

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

27.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

38.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

-

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