AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon W3690

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon W3690 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 3320 EE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 67.9°C
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date 2012 vs February 2011
Maximum core temperature 70°C vs 67.9°C
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3690

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 49% higher clock speed: 3.73 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
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1616 vs 774
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7234 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.73 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1616 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 7234 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3690

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
774
1616
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2675
7234
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon W3690
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1616
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 7234
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 667
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3602
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.515
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.929

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon W3690

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Gulftown
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date 2012 February 2011
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating 2517 2500
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $450
Price now $1,000
Processor Number W3690
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 2.70

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz 3.46 GHz
Die size 315 mm 239 mm2
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 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 3.73 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
Transistor count 1200 million 1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

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 24 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 130 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® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Security & Reliability

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