Opteron 6278 vs AMD EPYC 8124P

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AMD Opteron 6278

AMD EPYC 8124P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 8124P with 16 cores 2.45GHz . 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 125W)

AMD EPYC 8124P 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.45GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

AMD EPYC 8124P +435%

1654

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

AMD EPYC 8124P +387%

12550

Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 8124P

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Sep 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Siena

AMD Socket G34

Socket

AMD Socket SP6

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4c (Siena))

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

17.75 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

316 mm²

Die Size

2x73 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.45 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

24.5

768 K

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

6

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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