Opteron 6278 vs AMD EPYC 9255

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AMD Opteron 6278

AMD EPYC 9255

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz . 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 200W)

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6278

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AMD EPYC 9255

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Oct 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Turin

AMD Socket G34

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

33.26 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

200 W

-

Foundry

TSMC

316 mm²

Die Size

4x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

24

-

Performance Core Threads

48

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.25 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

32.5

768 K

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9255

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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