AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Opteron 6168
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7F72 with 24 cores 3.2GHz and Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 7F72 's Advantages
Released 10 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 1.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (192MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 45nm)
Opteron 6168 's Advantages
Lower TDP (115W vs 240W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 7F72
+505%
1459
Opteron 6168
241
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 7F72
+660%
10782
Opteron 6168
1418
General Parameters
Apr 2020
Release Date
Mar 2010
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Server
Type
Server
Rome
Core Architecture
Magny-Cours
AMD Socket SP3
Socket
AMD Socket G34
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Generation
Opteron (Magny-Cours)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
1.8 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
240 W
Power Consumption
115 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
69 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
74 mm²
Die Size
346 mm²
CPU Performance
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
24
Total Core Count
12
48
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
200 MHz
32.0
Multiplier
9.5
96 K per core
L1 Cache
768 K shared
512 K per core
L2 Cache
6 MB per core
192 MB shared
L3 Cache
12 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR3
8
Max Memory Channels
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
2
