Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6530

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon Gold 6530

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6530 with 32 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 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6530 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (160MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon Gold 6530

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

74 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

21.0

768 K

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

160 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

8

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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