Opteron 6278 vs Xeon E5 2650 v4

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E5 2650 v4 with 12 cores 2.2GHz . 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 2.2GHz)

Xeon E5 2650 v4 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 115W)

Score

Opteron 6278

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Xeon E5 2650 v4

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Mar 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Broadwell-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Broadwell-EP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

3.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

105 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

22.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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