Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 vs Opteron 6272

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Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 Opteron 6272

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz 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

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

Opteron 6272 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)

Lower TDP (115W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 +284%

1010

Opteron 6272

263

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 +121%

5554

Opteron 6272

2502

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3

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Opteron 6272

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Nov 2011

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

120 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

-

356 mm²

Die Size

316 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

-

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

11.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

768 K shared

256 K per core

L2 Cache

8.00391 MB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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