AMD Opteron 3250 HE vs AMD Opteron 6212

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3250 HE and AMD Opteron 6212 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3250 HE

• Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1003 vs 962

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

• 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
• 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3973 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3250 HE
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6212

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1003 962
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2061 3973

Compare specifications (specs)