AMD Opteron 3260 HE vs Intel Xeon X5660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3260 HE and Intel Xeon X5660 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, 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 3260 HE

• Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 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

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5660

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 81.3°C vs 61.10°C
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 900
• 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10473 vs 2283

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3260 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5660

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	900 1355
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2283 10473

Compare specifications (specs)