Opteron 6272 vs Xeon E5540

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AMD Opteron 6272

Intel Xeon E5540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6272 with 16 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6272 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.533GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Score

Opteron 6272

VS

Xeon E5540

General Parameters

Nov 2011

Release Date

Mar 2009

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Gainestown

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon(Gainestown)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

0.731 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

80 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

263 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.533 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

11.0

Multiplier

19.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

8.00391 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

16 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3-1066

Max Memory Channels

3

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

2

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