Opteron 6278 vs Xeon E5-2450L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1482	871
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.95	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.00	7.12
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Interlagos (2011−2012)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$72	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278 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	8 (Octa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	8 MB (per die)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	294 mm2	316 mm2
Number of transistors	1,270 million	2,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278 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
Socket	FCLGA1356	G34
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2450L and Opteron 6278.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	24	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.70	8.65
Physical cores	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt

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