AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon E5-2407

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon E5-2407 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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 3320 EE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 80 Watt
Launch date 2012 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2407

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1042 vs 774
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5362 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1042 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 5362 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2407

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
774
1042
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2675
5362
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon E5-2407
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1042
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 5362
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 412
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1602

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon E5-2407

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date 2012 May 2012
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating 2515 2461
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $335
Price now $335.04
Processor Number E5-2407
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 3.47

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz 2.20 GHz
Die size 315 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70°C
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1200 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

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)