AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 64.0 °C
  • 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
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C vs 64.0 °C
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620

  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1766 vs 1085
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5861 vs 4007
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1766 vs 1085
PassMark - CPU mark 5861 vs 4007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1085
1766
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4007
5861
Name AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E5-1620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1085 1766
PassMark - CPU mark 4007 5861
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 730
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3096
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E5-1620

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating 2094 2098
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $313
Price now $329.93
Processor Number E5-1620
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.09

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 3.60 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C 64.0 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 QPI
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1270 million
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 375 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

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)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)