AMD Opteron 4332 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2665

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4332 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2665 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 19% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2665

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 81.8°C vs 68°C
  • 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 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 1285
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14117 vs 5614
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 81.8°C vs 68°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1355 vs 1285
PassMark - CPU mark 14117 vs 5614

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4332 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2665

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1285
1355
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5614
14117
Name AMD Opteron 4332 HE Intel Xeon E5-2665
PassMark - Single thread mark 1285 1355
PassMark - CPU mark 5614 14117
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 573
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4647

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4332 HE Intel Xeon E5-2665

Essentials

Architecture codename Seoul Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date n/d March 2012
OPN Tray OS4332OFU6KHK
Place in performance rating 1826 1816
Series AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $142
Price now $141.50
Processor Number E5-2665
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 24.14

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 2.40 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 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 68°C 81.8°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 6 16
Transistor count 1200 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
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 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported C32 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

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
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

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