AMD Opteron 3350 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3350 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2450L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3350 HE

  • Around 65% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 70 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1263 vs 1033
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1263 vs 1033

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11671 vs 4009
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11671 vs 4009

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3350 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1263
1033
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4009
11671
Name AMD Opteron 3350 HE Intel Xeon E5-2450L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1263 1033
PassMark - CPU mark 4009 11671

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3350 HE Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Essentials

Architecture codename Delhi Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date n/d May 2012
OPN Tray OS3350HOW4KHK
Place in performance rating 1912 1907
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $72
Price now $130
Processor Number E5-2450L
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 18.72

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.8 GHz 1.80 GHz
Die size 315 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69.10°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 4 16
Transistor count 1200 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

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