AMD EPYC 9845 vs Opteron 6238
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9845 with 160 cores 2.1GHz and Opteron 6238 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9845 's Advantages
Released 12 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 1600)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Larger L3 cache size (320MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 32nm)
Opteron 6238 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Lower TDP (115W vs 390W)
Score
General Parameters
Oct 2024
Release Date
Nov 2011
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Server
Type
Server
Turin
Core Architecture
Interlagos
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
AMD Socket G34
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC(Zen 5c (Turin))
Generation
Opteron (Interlagos)
Package
Transistor Count
2.4 billions
3 nm
Manufacturing Process
32 nm
390 W
Power Consumption
115 W
TSMC
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
mm²
Die Size
2x315 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
160
Performance Cores
-
320
Performance Core Threads
-
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
160
Total Core Count
12
320
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
200 MHz
21.0
Multiplier
13.0
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
768 KB
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per module
320 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB per die
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
4
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6000
Memory Types
DDR3-1600
6 TB
Max Memory Size
-
12
Max Memory Channels
4
576 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
