Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon E5 2440 v2

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2440 v2 with 8 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 2440 v2 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278 +14%

309

Intel Xeon E5 2440 v2

270

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278 +42%

2575

Intel Xeon E5 2440 v2

1813

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E5 2440 v2

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Sep 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

95 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

16

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

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

20 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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