AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Opteron 6212

Intel Xeon E5-2680

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 71.70°C
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1085
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15773 vs 4007

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	85°C vs 71.70°C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1557 vs 1085
PassMark - CPU mark	15773 vs 4007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1085

1557

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4007

15773

Name	AMD Opteron 6212	Intel Xeon E5-2680
PassMark - Single thread mark	1085	1557
PassMark - CPU mark	4007	15773
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.784
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6212	Intel Xeon E5-2680
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating	2093	2085
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)		$240
Price now		$111.84
Processor Number		E5-2680
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		33.28
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C	85°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	8	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)		8GT / s
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 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		384 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		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
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)
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)