Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3 with 18 cores 2.1GHz . 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 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 140W)

Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E7 8870 v3

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Jun 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Haswell-EX

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E7 (Haswell-EX)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

140 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

75 °C

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

18

16

Total Thread Count

36

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

21.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

45 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Max Memory Channels

2

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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