Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon w3 2425

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon w3-2425

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon w3 2425 with 6 cores 3GHz . 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 130W)

Intel Xeon w3 2425 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Intel Xeon w3 2425 +547%

2000

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

Intel Xeon w3 2425 +237%

8701

Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon w3 2425

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Feb 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 W (Sapphire Rapids)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

130 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

30.0

768 K

L1 Cache

80 K per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

15 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

-

Max Memory Size

2 TB

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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