Xeon Gold 6161 vs Opteron X2 280

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameItaly (2005−2006)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release dateSeptember 2005 (19 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads244
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache128 KB1.375 MB
L2 cache1 MB22 MB
L3 cache0 KB30.25 MB
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Number of transistors233 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
Socket940Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 22
Threads 2 44
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 165 Watt

Opteron X2 280 has 73.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6161, on the other hand, has 1000% more physical cores and 2100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron X2 280 and Xeon Gold 6161. We've got no test results to judge.


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