Xeon E6540 vs Opteron 8222

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Intel Xeon E6540

AMD Opteron 8222

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz and Opteron 8222 with 2 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 667)

Newer PCIe version (2 vs 1)

More modern manufacturing process (45nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 8222 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

Xeon E6540

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Opteron 8222

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Aug 2007

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Nehalem-EX

Core Architecture

Santa Rosa

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket F

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Beckton)

Generation

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Package

2.3 billions

Transistor Count

0.227 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

-

684 mm²

Die Size

235 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

6

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

2

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR2-667

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

1

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