AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E5-4603

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon E5-4603 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 60% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • 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 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1085 vs 995
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
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)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1085 vs 995

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4603

  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6690 vs 4007
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 6690 vs 4007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4603

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1085
995
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4007
6690
Name AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E5-4603
PassMark - Single thread mark 1085 995
PassMark - CPU mark 4007 6690

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon E5-4603

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating 2093 2107
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $712
Price now $1,890.99
Processor Number E5-4603
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 0.78

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.00 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
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 4S 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)