Xeon 6960P vs Opteron X2 180

VS

Intel Xeon 6960P

AMD Opteron X2 180

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

Main Differences

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)

Opteron X2 180 's Advantages

Lower TDP (110W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6960P

VS

Opteron X2 180

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Sep 2005

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Denmark

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket 939

N/A

Integrated Graphics

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

Opteron X2 (Denmark)

Package

-

Transistor Count

0.233 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

110 W

102°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

-

Die Size

199 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

72

Performance Cores

-

144

Performance Core Threads

-

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

72

Total Core Count

2

144

Total Thread Count

2

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

12.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

432 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR1-400

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6960P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

-

96

PCIe Lanes

-

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