AMD Opteron 4238 vs Intel Xeon E5606

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and Intel Xeon E5606 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 4238

Intel Xeon E5606

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 74% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.13 GHz
Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 882
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7236 vs 4258

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.13 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313 vs 882
PassMark - CPU mark	7236 vs 4258

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5606

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5606

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1313

882

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7236

4258

Name	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5606
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313	882
PassMark - CPU mark	7236	4258
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1615
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4812

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5606
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating	1744	1720
Series	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Westmere EP
Launch date		February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)		$46
Price now		$219
Processor Number		E5606
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		4.10
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.13 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.13 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 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		288 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		42.5mm X 45mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)