Opteron 6378 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD Opteron 6378

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6378 with 16 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y with 24 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6378 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 250W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6378

425

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +423%

2224

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6378

3530

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +504%

21322

Opteron 6378

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

250 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

16

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

29.0

768 KB

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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