AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 6212

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 4
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2080 vs 1085
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6817 vs 4007
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2080 vs 1085
PassMark - CPU mark 6817 vs 4007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1085
2080
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4007
6817
Name AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1085 2080
PassMark - CPU mark 4007 6817
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3280
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 83.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.897

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating 2093 2106
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $264
Price now $261.66
Processor Number E3-1230 v3
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.50

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 3.30 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
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)