AMD Opteron 6234 vs Intel Xeon E5-2430

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6234 and Intel Xeon E5-2430 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6234

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.70 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 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2430

  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1224 vs 887
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9513 vs 8644
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1224 vs 887
PassMark - CPU mark 9513 vs 8644

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6234
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2430

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
887
1224
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8644
9513
Name AMD Opteron 6234 Intel Xeon E5-2430
PassMark - Single thread mark 887 1224
PassMark - CPU mark 8644 9513
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 497
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2918

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6234 Intel Xeon E5-2430

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6234WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating 2152 2138
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $119
Price now $728.95
Processor Number E5-2430
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 2.78

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 576 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.70 GHz
Number of cores 12 6
Number of threads 12 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

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
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)