Xeon Gold 6538N vs Opteron 6272

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD Opteron 6272

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron 6272 with 16 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6272 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +778%

2310

Opteron 6272

263

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +731%

20810

Opteron 6272

2502

Xeon Gold 6538N

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Opteron 6272

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Nov 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

115 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

-

2x763 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

11.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

8.00391 MB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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