Opteron 6308 vs Xeon 6979P

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AMD Opteron 6308

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6308 with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6308 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6308

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

500 W

74 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

120

4

Total Thread Count

240

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

17.5

Multiplier

21.0

192 KB

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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