AMD Opteron 3260 HE vs AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3260 HE and AMD Opteron 6180 SE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3260 HE

  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 140 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6180 SE

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 64°C vs 61.10°C
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 64°C vs 61.10°C
L1 cache 1536 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3260 HE
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Name AMD Opteron 3260 HE AMD Opteron 6180 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 900
PassMark - CPU mark 2283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 27.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.522
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.331

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3260 HE AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3260HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3260HOW4MGU OS6180YETCEGO
Place in performance rating 2354 2759
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 1536 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 61.10°C 64°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of threads 4 12
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Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 140 Watt