Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 with 48 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 330W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (260MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

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 Platinum (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

330 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.0 GHz

16

Total Core Count

48

16

Total Thread Count

96

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

21

768 K

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

260 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

4 TB

Max Memory Channels

8

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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