AMD Opteron 3260 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2420

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3260 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2420 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3260 HE

  • Around 54% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2420

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1108 vs 900
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3065 vs 2283
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1108 vs 900
PassMark - CPU mark 3065 vs 2283

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3260 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2420

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
900
1108
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2283
3065
Name AMD Opteron 3260 HE Intel Xeon E5-2420
PassMark - Single thread mark 900 1108
PassMark - CPU mark 2283 3065
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 454
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2647

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3260 HE Intel Xeon E5-2420

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3260HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3260HOW4MGU
Place in performance rating 2355 2347
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $390
Price now $390.02
Processor Number E5-2420
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 5.32

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 61.10°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

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 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
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
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)