Opteron 6278 vs Xeon E7 2870

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon E7-2870

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon E7 2870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)

Xeon E7 2870 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

Score

Opteron 6278

VS

Xeon E7 2870

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Apr 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

130 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

18.0

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

DDR3-1333

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

-

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