AMD Opteron 3380 vs Intel Xeon L5530

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3380 and Intel Xeon L5530 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.

AMD Opteron 3380

Intel Xeon L5530

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3380

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 70.30°C vs 70°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6384 vs 2522

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70.30°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	6384 vs 2522

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5530

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1169 vs 1054

Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1169 vs 1054

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3380
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5530

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1054

1169

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6384

2522

Name	AMD Opteron 3380	Intel Xeon L5530
PassMark - Single thread mark	1054	1169
PassMark - CPU mark	6384	2522

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3380	Intel Xeon L5530
Essentials
Architecture codename	Delhi	Nehalem EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	n/d	August 2009
OPN Tray	OS3380OLW8KHK
Place in performance rating	2051	2068
Series	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$13.96
Processor Number		L5530
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		91.79
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	315 mm	263 mm2
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.30°C	70°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.66 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
Transistor count	1200 million	731 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.75V -1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		144 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM3+	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	60 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
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)