AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon X5660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon X5660 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

• CPU is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 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 28% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
• Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 81.3°C vs 70°C
• 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 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 774
• 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10473 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5660

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	774 1355
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2675 10473

Compare specifications (specs)