AMD Opteron X3216 vs AMD Opteron 6212

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron X3216 and AMD Opteron 6212 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron X3216

• Around 93650% higher clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
• 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

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CPU 1: AMD Opteron X3216
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6212

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