Opteron 6278 vs AMD EPYC 7402

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AMD Opteron 6278

AMD EPYC 7402

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 7402 with 24 cores 2.8GHz . 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 180W)

AMD EPYC 7402 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

AMD EPYC 7402 +318%

1292

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

AMD EPYC 7402 +313%

10637

Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 7402

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Aug 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Rome

AMD Socket G34

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

180 W

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Foundry

TSMC

316 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.35 GHz

16

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

28.0

768 K

L1 Cache

96 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

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