Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y with 32 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 300W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y +545%

1994

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y +684%

20211

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

300 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

28.0

768 K

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

60 MB

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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