Opteron 6278: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6278 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 8.97% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

AMD started Opteron 6278 sales 1 May 2012. This is an Interlagos architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3300 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket G34 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Opteron 6278 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking863
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency7.11of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameInterlagos (2011−2012)
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed2.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.3 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache768 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache16 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size316 mm2
Number of transistors2,400 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6278 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketG34
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6278. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Opteron 6278's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Opteron 6278. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Opteron 6278 8.97

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 6278 13733

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Opteron 6278's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E-2276G 101.56
Xeon E-2186G 100.67
Opteron 6278 100
Xeon E-2246G 99.67
Xeon E-2176G 99.11

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Opteron 6278 is Xeon E-2246G, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Opteron 6278:

Xeon E-2276G 101.56
Xeon E-2186G 100.67
Opteron 6278 100
Xeon E-2246G 99.67
Xeon W-1250 99.11

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Recommended GPUs

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