Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 vs Opteron 6278

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 with 12 cores 1.8GHz 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

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 115W)

Opteron 6278 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 +90%

590

Opteron 6278

309

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3 +108%

5365

Opteron 6278

2575

Intel Xeon E5 2650L v3

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Opteron 6278

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

May 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Interlagos

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Interlagos)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

65 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

356 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

-

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

12.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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