AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon L5530

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6212 and Intel Xeon L5530 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 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
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4007 vs 2522
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
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)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4007 vs 2522

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5530

  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1169 vs 1085
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1169 vs 1085

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6212
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5530

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1085
1169
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4007
2522
Name AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon L5530
PassMark - Single thread mark 1085 1169
PassMark - CPU mark 4007 2522

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6212 Intel Xeon L5530

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6212WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating 2093 2068
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Nehalem EP
Launch date August 2009
Price now $13.96
Processor Number L5530
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 91.79

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.40 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 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.66 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size 263 mm2
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 731 million
VID voltage range 0.75V -1.35V

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 144 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 60 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
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)