AMD Opteron 4238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and Intel Xeon E5-2450 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 4238

Intel Xeon E5-2450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1260

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
L2 cache	6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313 vs 1260

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 78% 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
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10978 vs 7236

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10978 vs 7236

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1313

1260

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7236

10978

Name	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5-2450
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313	1260
PassMark - CPU mark	7236	10978

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5-2450
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating	1746	1683
Series	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date		May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$722.22
Processor Number		E5-2450
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		4.15
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	6	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 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
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)