AMD Opteron 6234 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6234 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Opteron 6234

Intel Xeon E5-1620

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6234

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 64.0 °C
2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
12x 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 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8644 vs 5850

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C vs 64.0 °C
L1 cache	576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8644 vs 5850

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620

Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3 GHz
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1755 vs 887

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1755 vs 887

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6234
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1620

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

887

1755

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8644

5850

Name	AMD Opteron 6234	Intel Xeon E5-1620
PassMark - Single thread mark	887	1755
PassMark - CPU mark	8644	5850
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		730
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3096
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6234	Intel Xeon E5-1620
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6234WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating	2196	2112
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date		March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)		$313
Price now		$329.93
Processor Number		E5-1620
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		8.09
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.60 GHz
L1 cache	576 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C	64.0 °C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of threads	12	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		0 QPI
Die size		294 mm
Number of QPI Links		0
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V - 1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		375 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		1
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
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)