AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6238 and Intel Xeon E5-2420 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.2 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 3.2 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 E5-2420 v2

  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1352 vs 1076
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11745 vs 8206
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1352 vs 1076
PassMark - CPU mark 11745 vs 8206

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1076
1352
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8206
11745
Name AMD Opteron 6238 Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1076 1352
PassMark - CPU mark 8206 11745
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 561
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3249

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6238 Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6238WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating 1947 1952
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $480
Price now $579.95
Processor Number E5-2420V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.38

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 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 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 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 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 1
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
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 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
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
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)