AMD Opteron 3250 HE vs Intel Xeon X5690

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3250 HE and Intel Xeon X5690 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, 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 3250 HE

  • 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
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 130 Watt
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 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5690

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.73 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1714 vs 1003
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12925 vs 2061
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.73 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1714 vs 1003
PassMark - CPU mark 12925 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3250 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5690

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1003
1714
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2061
12925
Name AMD Opteron 3250 HE Intel Xeon X5690
PassMark - Single thread mark 1003 1714
PassMark - CPU mark 2061 12925
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 637
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3517
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 57.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.77

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3250 HE Intel Xeon X5690

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3250HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3250HOW4MGU
Place in performance rating 2245 2252
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Westmere EP
Launch date February 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $205
Price now $149
Processor Number X5690
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 17.68

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 3.46 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 3.73 GHz
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 239 mm
Maximum core temperature 78.5°C
Number of cores 6
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 1170 million
VID voltage range 0.750V-1.350V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 288 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 130 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)