AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E5-2450L 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.

AMD Opteron 1389

Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

682.7x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 384 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1102 vs 1048

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102 vs 1048

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
3.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11713 vs 2079

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11713 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1102

1048

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2079

11713

Name	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2450L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102	1048
PassMark - CPU mark	2079	11713

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2450L
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$72
Place in performance rating	2044	1783
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$130
Processor Number		E5-2450L
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		18.72
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	1.80 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
Maximum frequency		2.30 GHz
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection 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® Turbo Boost technology
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)