AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon X5687

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon X5687 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, 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
  • 4x 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
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5687

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 54% higher clock speed: 3.86 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 80.4°C vs 70°C
  • Around 33% 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: 1658 vs 774
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9406 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.86 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 80.4°C vs 70°C
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 1658 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 9406 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5687

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
774
1658
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2675
9406
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon X5687
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1658
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 9406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 62.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.238

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon X5687

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Westmere EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date 2012 February 2011
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating 2516 2519
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $121
Price now $51.66
Processor Number X5687
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 40.41

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz 3.60 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 80.4°C
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 3.86 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 1200 million 1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 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 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® 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)