AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E5640

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon E5640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6212

Intel Xeon E5640

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.93 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 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.93 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5640

Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 71.70°C
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1252 vs 962
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7455 vs 3973

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 71.70°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1252 vs 962
PassMark - CPU mark	7455 vs 3973

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5640

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

962

1252

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3973

7455

Name	AMD Opteron 6212	Intel Xeon E5640
PassMark - Single thread mark	962	1252
PassMark - CPU mark	3973	7455
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		476
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2185

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6212	Intel Xeon E5640
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating	2246	2238
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Westmere EP
Launch date		March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$49
Price now		$59.49
Processor Number		E5640
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		26.06
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.66 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C	77.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.93 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size		239 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		288 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		42.5mm X 45mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)