Xeon Gold 6161 vs Opteron X2 280

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 ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Italy (2005−2006)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	September 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads	2	44
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	128 KB	1.375 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	22 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	30.25 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	233 million	no 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 configuration	2	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	940	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	165 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	-	+
vPro	no 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-d	no data	+
VT-x	no 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 types	no data	DDR4-2666
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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

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