Opteron X2 180 vs Xeon 6960P

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AMD Opteron X2 180

Intel Xeon 6960P

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron X2 180 with 2 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon 6960P with 72 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron X2 180 's Advantages

Lower TDP (110W vs 500W)

Xeon 6960P 's Advantages

Released 19 years late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 400)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 90nm)

Score

Opteron X2 180

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Xeon 6960P

General Parameters

Sep 2005

Release Date

Sep 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Denmark

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

AMD Socket 939

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

0.233 billions

Transistor Count

-

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

110 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

102°C

-

Foundry

Intel

199 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

72

-

Performance Core Threads

144

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

2

Total Core Count

72

2

Total Thread Count

144

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

27.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

432 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR1-400

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

2

Max Memory Channels

12

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6960P

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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