Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

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Opteron 6168 Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 with 4 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Lower TDP (69W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2 +176%

667

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168 +18%

1418

Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

1192

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E3 1220 v2

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

115 W

Power Consumption

69 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA12C

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

4

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

31.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

2

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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