AMD Opteron 6180 SE vs AMD Opteron 254

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6180 SE and AMD Opteron 254 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6180 SE

  • 11 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 1
  • 12x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 1
L1 cache 1536 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 1024 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 254

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 92 Watt vs 140 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 92 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6180 SE
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 254

Name AMD Opteron 6180 SE AMD Opteron 254
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
PassMark - Single thread mark 578
PassMark - CPU mark 451

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6180 SE AMD Opteron 254

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6180YETCEGO
Place in performance rating 2759 2870
Series AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Troy
Launch date August 2005

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz
L1 cache 1536 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 1024 KB
L3 cache 12 MB
Maximum core temperature 64°C
Number of cores 12 1
Number of threads 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz
Transistor count 106 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1800 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 940
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 92 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2