AMD Opteron 2419 EE vs Intel Xeon W3503

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 2419 EE and Intel Xeon W3503 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 2419 EE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1902 vs 1116
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 Aug 2009 vs March 2009
Number of cores 6 vs 2
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4096 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1902 vs 1116

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3503

  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1027 vs 396
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1027 vs 396

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 2419 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3503

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
396
1027
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1902
1116
Name AMD Opteron 2419 EE Intel Xeon W3503
PassMark - Single thread mark 396 1027
PassMark - CPU mark 1902 1116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 24.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.753

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 2419 EE Intel Xeon W3503

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Bloomfield
Launch date 31 Aug 2009 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $989 $65
Place in performance rating 2979 3051
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $16.22
Value for money (0-100) 31.88

Performance

Base frequency 1.8 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 68 °C
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6
64 bit support
Die size 263 mm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz
Transistor count 731 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 256 TB
Supported memory types DDR2 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported Fr6 (LGA 1207) 1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 130 Watt

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)