AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon L5640

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon L5640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 69.4°C
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 60 Watt
Launch date 2012 vs March 2010
Maximum core temperature 70°C vs 69.4°C
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5640

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.80 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1155 vs 774
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8525 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1155 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 8525 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
774
1155
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2675
8525
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon L5640
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1155
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 8525
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 52.531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.387

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon L5640

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Westmere EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date 2012 March 2010
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating 2517 2479
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $200
Price now $34.75
Processor Number L5640
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 54.30

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz 2.26 GHz
Die size 315 mm 239 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70°C 69.4°C
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
Transistor count 1200 million 1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5.86 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.750V-1.350V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1400 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

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42.5mm X 45mm

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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-bit
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)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)