AMD Opteron 6278 vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6278 and Intel Xeon W3580 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 6278

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
• Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 67.9°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
• 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13733 vs 3609

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

• Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
• Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6278
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1007 1557
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13733 3609

Compare specifications (specs)