Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E5-2420

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (95W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Intel Xeon E5 2420 +20%

371

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278 +36%

2575

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E5 2420

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

95 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

19.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

-

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