Opteron 6278 vs Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD Opteron 6278

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz . 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 205W)

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (38.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6278

309

Xeon Platinum 8280 +316%

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6278 +67%

2575

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

Opteron 6278

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Xeon Platinum 8280

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Interlagos

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Interlagos)

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

205 W

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Foundry

Intel

316 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

28

16

Total Thread Count

56

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

27.0

768 K

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

16 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

38.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

-

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