Opteron 6348 vs Xeon E7540

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AMD Opteron 6348

Intel Xeon E7540

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6348 with 12 cores 2.8GHz and Xeon E7540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 1333)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E7540 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 115W)

Score

Opteron 6348

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Xeon E7540

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

105 W

70 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

15.0

576 KB

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

2

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