Opteron 6272 vs Intel Xeon E5640

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AMD Opteron 6272

Intel Xeon E5640

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6272 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6272 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6272

263

Intel Xeon E5640 +66%

437

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6272 +1%

2502

Intel Xeon E5640

2456

Opteron 6272

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Intel Xeon E5640

General Parameters

Nov 2011

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

80 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.666 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.933 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

11.0

Multiplier

20.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

8.00391 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 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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