AMD Opteron 3250 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3250 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2670 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, 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).

AMD Opteron 3250 HE

Intel Xeon E5-2670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3250 HE

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670

5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1491 vs 1003
7.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15570 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1491 vs 1003
PassMark - CPU mark	15570 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3250 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1003

1491

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2061

15570

Name	AMD Opteron 3250 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2670
PassMark - Single thread mark	1003	1491
PassMark - CPU mark	2061	15570
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		602
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4635
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		88.939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		8.475

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3250 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2670
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN PIB	OS3250HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray	OS3250HOW4MGU
Place in performance rating	2247	2207
Series	AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date		March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)		$145
Price now		$96.48
Processor Number		E5-2670
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		37.05
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.30 GHz
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Maximum core temperature		80.0°C
Number of cores		8
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM3+	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)