AMD Opteron 3250 HE vs Intel Xeon L5630

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3250 HE and Intel Xeon L5630 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 3250 HE

Intel Xeon L5630

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3250 HE

Around 46% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.40 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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1003 vs 964

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1003 vs 964

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5630

3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5267 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5267 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3250 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5630

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1003

964

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2061

5267

Name	AMD Opteron 3250 HE	Intel Xeon L5630
PassMark - Single thread mark	1003	964
PassMark - CPU mark	2061	5267

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3250 HE	Intel Xeon L5630
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN PIB	OS3250HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray	OS3250HOW4MGU
Place in performance rating	2249	2191
Series	AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Westmere EP
Launch date		March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,100
Price now		$17.33
Processor Number		L5630
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		74.27
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.13 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.40 GHz
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm
Maximum core temperature		63.1°C
Number of cores		4
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		8
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		288 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM3+	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	40 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		42.5mm X 45mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)