Opteron 6278 vs AMD EPYC 73F3

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AMD Opteron 6278

AMD EPYC 73F3

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 73F3 with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 240W)

AMD EPYC 73F3 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

AMD EPYC 73F3 +62%

501

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278 +9%

2575

AMD EPYC 73F3

2348

Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 73F3

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Milan

AMD Socket G34

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

240 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

316 mm²

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

35.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

2

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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