Opteron 6168 vs Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3

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Opteron 6168 Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6168 with 12 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3 with 6 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6168 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 135W)

Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2133 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6168

241

Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3 +392%

1188

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6168

1418

Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3 +491%

8391

Opteron 6168

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Intel Xeon E5 2643 v3

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Sep 2014

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Magny-Cours

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Magny-Cours)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

1.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

115 W

Power Consumption

135 W

69 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

346 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

9.5

Multiplier

34.0

768 K shared

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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