AMD Opteron 2354 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 2354 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 2354

  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 76 °C vs 70°C
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum core temperature 76 °C vs 70°C
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 65 nm
  • 5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 GB vs 128 GB
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2021 vs 899
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6547 vs 3242
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs 9 April 2008
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 2 MB
Maximum memory size 256 GB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2021 vs 899
PassMark - CPU mark 6547 vs 3242

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 2354
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
899
2021
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3242
6547
Name AMD Opteron 2354 Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 899 2021
PassMark - CPU mark 3242 6547
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 771
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 86.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.181

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 2354 Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Barcelona Ivy Bridge EP
Family Opteron
Launch date 9 April 2008 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $455 $315
Place in performance rating 2316 2282
Processor Number 2354 E5-1620V2
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $329
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 8.46

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2200 MHz 3.70 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 2 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 76 °C 70°C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 463 million 1400 million
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz
Number of QPI Links 0
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory size 128 GB 256 GB
Supported memory types DDR2 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported Fr2(1207) FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
PowerNow
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
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

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