AMD Opteron 4334 vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4334 and Intel Xeon E5-2643 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 4334

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 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 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Number of cores 6 vs 4
L1 cache 288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2643

  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 67.70°C
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1600 vs 1208
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9774 vs 6099
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 73°C vs 67.70°C
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1600 vs 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 9774 vs 6099

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4334
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2643

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1208
1600
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6099
9774
Name AMD Opteron 4334 Intel Xeon E5-2643
PassMark - Single thread mark 1208 1600
PassMark - CPU mark 6099 9774
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 638
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2761

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4334 Intel Xeon E5-2643

Essentials

Architecture codename Seoul Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date n/d March 2012
OPN Tray OS4334WLU6KHK
Place in performance rating 1906 1858
Series AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $218
Price now $2,664
Processor Number E5-2643
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 0.93

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.30 GHz
Die size 315 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 288 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 67.70°C 73°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 8
Transistor count 1200 million 1270 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) 95 Watt 130 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)