Xeon Platinum 8581V vs Opteron 6272

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1578not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.23no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.72no data
Architecture codenameInterlagos (2011−2012)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date14 November 2011 (13 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$325$7,568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads16120
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache768 KB (shared)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache8.00391 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB300 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size316 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors2,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V 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 configuration21
SocketG34FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6272 and Xeon Platinum 8581V.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2011 14 December 2023
Physical cores 16 60
Threads 16 120
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 270 Watt

Opteron 6272 has 134.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8581V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 275% more physical cores and 650% more threads.

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