AMD Opteron 4238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1134
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313 vs 1134

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620

  • 6 more threads: 12 vs 6
  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 77.4°C vs 70.50°C
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9790 vs 7236
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 12 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 77.4°C vs 70.50°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9790 vs 7236

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1313
1134
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7236
9790
Name AMD Opteron 4238 Intel Xeon E5-2620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313 1134
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 9790
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 451
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 139.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.286
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 35.214

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4238 Intel Xeon E5-2620

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating 1744 1680
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $36
Price now $34.65
Processor Number E5-2620
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 67.37

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 77.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.50 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of threads 6 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)