AMD Opteron 6220 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6220 and Intel Xeon E3-1290 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6220

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 56.7°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
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7951 vs 5429
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C vs 56.7°C
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 7951 vs 5429

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1290

  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1834 vs 1235
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1834 vs 1235

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6220
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1290

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1235
1834
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7951
5429
Name AMD Opteron 6220 Intel Xeon E3-1290
PassMark - Single thread mark 1235 1834
PassMark - CPU mark 7951 5429
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 725
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2794

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6220 Intel Xeon E3-1290

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6220WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating 1800 1763
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $885
Price now $885
Processor Number E3-1290
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 2.89

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 3.60 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 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.70°C 56.7°C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
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)