Opteron 6278 vs Xeon E 2124

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E-2124

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E 2124 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E 2124 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (71W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Xeon E 2124 +338%

1355

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278

2575

Xeon E 2124 +55%

4013

Opteron 6278

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Xeon E 2124

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Jul 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake-S WS

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics P630

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E (Coffee Lake)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

71 W

-

Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

126 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

4

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

33.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

Max Memory Channels

2

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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