AMD Opteron 3260 HE vs AMD Opteron 6344

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3260 HE and AMD Opteron 6344 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 3260 HE

• Around 85% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2 GHz
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 900 vs 672

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6344

• 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 61.10°C
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x 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
• 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9023 vs 2283

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3260 HE
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6344

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	900 672
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2283 9023

Compare specifications (specs)