AMD Opteron 2354 vs Intel Xeon X5690

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 2354 and Intel Xeon X5690 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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 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
• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5690

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 78.5°C vs 76 °C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• 2.3x more maximum memory size: 288 GB vs 128 GB
• Around 90% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1712 vs 899
• 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12931 vs 3242

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 2354
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5690

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	899 1712
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3242 12931

Compare specifications (specs)