Xeon 6979P vs Opteron 8212 HE (F3)

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Intel Xeon 6979P

AMD Opteron 8212 HE (F3)

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron 8212 HE (F3) with 2 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 18 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 667)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 1)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 8212 HE (F3) 's Advantages

Lower TDP (68W vs 500W)

Score

Xeon 6979P

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Opteron 8212 HE (F3)

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Aug 2006

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Granite Rapids

Core Architecture

Santa Rosa

Intel Socket 7529

Socket

AMD Socket F

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Generation

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Package

-

Transistor Count

0.227 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

500 W

Power Consumption

68 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

-

Die Size

235 mm²

10 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

120

Total Core Count

2

240

Total Thread Count

2

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

10.0

112 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

504 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

Memory Types

DDR2-667

3 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Xeon 6979P

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

1

96

PCIe Lanes

-

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