AMD Opteron 3350 HE vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3350 HE and Intel Xeon W3580 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).

AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Intel Xeon W3580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 69.10°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4009 vs 3609

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature	69.10°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4009 vs 3609

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1263

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1557 vs 1263

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3350 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1263

1557

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4009

3609

Name	AMD Opteron 3350 HE	Intel Xeon W3580
PassMark - Single thread mark	1263	1557
PassMark - CPU mark	4009	3609
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2764
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9280
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		57.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.116

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3350 HE	Intel Xeon W3580
Essentials
Architecture codename	Delhi	Bloomfield
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	n/d	August 2009
OPN Tray	OS3350HOW4KHK
Place in performance rating	1906	1847
Series	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$215
Price now		$214.50
Processor Number		W3580
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		8.83
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	3.33 GHz
Die size	315 mm	263 mm2
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	69.10°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Transistor count	1200 million	731 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	2000 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)	45 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm x 45.0mm
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)		36-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)