AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon X5690

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon X5690 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
  • 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
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5690

  • 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
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 78.5°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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1712 vs 774
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12931 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
Maximum core temperature 78.5°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 1712 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 12931 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5690

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
774
1712
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2675
12931
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon X5690
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1712
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 12931
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 637
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3517
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 57.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.77

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon X5690

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Westmere EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date 2012 February 2011
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating 2516 2253
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $205
Price now $149
Processor Number X5690
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 17.68

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz 3.46 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 78.5°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 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)