AMD Opteron 4332 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4332 HE and Intel Xeon E5-1660 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4332 HE

  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 68°C vs 64°C
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum core temperature 68°C vs 64°C
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660

  • 6 more threads: 12 vs 6
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 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 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1805 vs 1285
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8405 vs 5614
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 12 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1805 vs 1285
PassMark - CPU mark 8405 vs 5614

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4332 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1285
1805
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5614
8405
Name AMD Opteron 4332 HE Intel Xeon E5-1660
PassMark - Single thread mark 1285 1805
PassMark - CPU mark 5614 8405
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 777
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4774

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4332 HE Intel Xeon E5-1660

Essentials

Architecture codename Seoul Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date n/d March 2012
OPN Tray OS4332OFU6KHK
Place in performance rating 1728 1512
Series AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $290
Price now $1,226.66
Processor Number E5-1660
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 2.97

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 3.30 GHz
Die size 315 mm 435 mm
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 68°C 64°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of threads 6 12
Transistor count 1200 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 0 QPI
Number of QPI Links 0
VID voltage range 0.60V - 1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 256 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported C32 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)