AMD Opteron 6234 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6234 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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 6234

Intel Xeon E5-2660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6234

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	12 vs 8
L1 cache	576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660

4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 73 °C vs 70.40°C
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 887
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14110 vs 8644

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum core temperature	73 °C vs 70.40°C
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357 vs 887
PassMark - CPU mark	14110 vs 8644

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6234
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

887

1357

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8644

14110

Name	AMD Opteron 6234	Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark	887	1357
PassMark - CPU mark	8644	14110
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		549
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		53.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.508

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6234	Intel Xeon E5-2660
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6234WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating	2152	2139
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)		$85
Price now		$102
Processor Number		E5-2660
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		32.05
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	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C	73 °C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of threads	12	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 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		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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
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)