AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6238 and Intel Xeon E5-2450L 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.

AMD Opteron 6238

Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1076 vs 1033

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
L1 cache	576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1076 vs 1033

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11671 vs 8206

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 12
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11671 vs 8206

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1076

1033

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8206

11671

Name	AMD Opteron 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2450L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1076	1033
PassMark - CPU mark	8206	11671

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2450L
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6238WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating	1948	1907
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)		$72
Price now		$130
Processor Number		E5-2450L
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		18.72
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	1.80 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
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.30 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of threads	12	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
Number of QPI Links		1
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		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	70 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)