AMD Opteron 6220 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6220 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Opteron 6220

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6220

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
2.7x 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

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
L2 cache	8 MB vs 3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 71.70°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1709 vs 1235
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22852 vs 7951

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	86°C vs 71.70°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache	30 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1709 vs 1235
PassMark - CPU mark	22852 vs 7951

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6220
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1235

1709

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7951

22852

Name	AMD Opteron 6220	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235	1709
PassMark - CPU mark	7951	22852
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		75.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		14.769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6220	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6220WKT8GGU
Place in performance rating	1829	1743
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date		10 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,723
Price now		$2,235.02
Processor Number		E5-2697V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		2.30
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C	86°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	8	24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)		8GT / s
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 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 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-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)