Xeon E5530 vs Opteron 6278

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Intel Xeon E5530

AMD Opteron 6278

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5530 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Opteron 6278 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5530 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1066 vs 3)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5530

VS

Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

263 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

16

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

768 K

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR3

3

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

2

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