Opteron 6344 vs Xeon 6972P

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AMD Opteron 6344

Intel Xeon 6972P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6344 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Xeon 6972P with 96 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6344 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 500W)

Xeon 6972P '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 (480MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Opteron 6344

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Xeon 6972P

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

70 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

96

12

Total Thread Count

192

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

13.0

Multiplier

24.0

576 KB

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

480 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 6972P

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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