Opteron A1120 vs Xeon 6979P

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AMD Opteron A1120

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron A1120 with 4 cores 1.7GHz 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 A1120 's Advantages

Lower TDP (25W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 28nm)

Score

Opteron A1120

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Jan 2016

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Seattle

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket SP1

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Seattle)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

28 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

25 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

182 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

1.7 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

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

17.0

Multiplier

21.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

2 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

3

PCIe Version

5

8

PCIe Lanes

96

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