AMD Opteron 1385 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 341.3x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 768 GB
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 256 TB vs 768 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1283 vs 1035
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10850 vs 1898
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1283 vs 1035
PassMark - CPU mark 10850 vs 1898

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1035
1283
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1898
10850
Name AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1035 1283
PassMark - CPU mark 1898 10850
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 483
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.092

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $417
Place in performance rating 2226 2154
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $42.59
Processor Number E5-2620V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 60.17

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.10 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 22 nm
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Maximum core temperature 71°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)