Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon E5 2470 v2

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2470 v2 with 10 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2470 v2 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Intel Xeon E5 2470 v2 +36%

421

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

Intel Xeon E5 2470 v2 +14%

2945

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E5 2470 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

2.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

16

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

24.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

25 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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