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| Intel Xeon E5-2620 vs AMD Opteron 6280 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2620
- 2 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2620
![]() | Much more l3 cache per core 2.5 MB/core | ![]() | Lower typical power consumption 77.19W |
![]() | Lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year | ![]() | Lower annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year |
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First seen on January, 2013
AMD Opteron 6280
- 2.5 GHz
- 16 core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 6280
![]() | Much more l2 cache 16 MB | ![]() | Much higher clock speed 2.5 GHz |
![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core | ![]() | More threads 16 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much more l3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 2.5x more l3 cache per core | |||
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Lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 93.44W | More than 15% lower typical power consumption | |||
Lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | More than 15% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | More than 15% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 16 MB | vs | 2 MB | 8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
Much higher clock speed | 2.5 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | 25% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.33 MB/core | More than 3x more l2 cache per core | |||
More threads | 16 | vs | 12 | 4 more threads | |||
More l3 cache | 16 MB | vs | 15 MB | More than 5% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration |
Features Key features of the Xeon E5-2620 vs Opteron 6280
clock speed
Xeon E5-2620
2 GHz
Opteron 6280
2.5 GHz
L2 cache
Xeon E5-2620
2 MB
Opteron 6280
16 MB
L3 cache
Xeon E5-2620
15 MB
Opteron 6280
16 MB
TDP
Xeon E5-2620
95W
Opteron 6280
115W
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2620 | vs | Opteron 6280 |
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Clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.5 GHz | |
Cores | Hexa core | 16 core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 2011 | |||
G34 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES |
details | Xeon E5-2620 | vs | Opteron 6280 |
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Threads | 12 | 16 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 15 MB | 16 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 4 | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 95W | 115W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 93.44W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | HyperTransport 3.0 | |
Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 6,400 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 3,200 MHz |
Intel Xeon E5-2620 ![]() | AMD Opteron 6280 ![]() |
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