Opteron 8218 (F3) vs Xeon 6979P

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AMD Opteron 8218 (F3)

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 8218 (F3) with 2 cores 2.6GHz 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 8218 (F3) 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 18 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 667)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 1)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 90nm)

Score

Opteron 8218 (F3)

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Aug 2006

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Santa Rosa

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket F

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

0.227 billions

Transistor Count

-

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

Intel

235 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

2

Total Core Count

120

2

Total Thread Count

240

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

13.0

Multiplier

21.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR2-667

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

1

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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