AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6238 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 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, 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 6238

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
4.8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	12 vs 10
L2 cache	12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

8 more threads: 20 vs 12
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 70.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 11% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 56% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1575 vs 1076
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19200 vs 8206

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	82°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 576 KB
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575 vs 1076
PassMark - CPU mark	19200 vs 8206

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1076

1575

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8206

19200

Name	AMD Opteron 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1076	1575
PassMark - CPU mark	8206	19200
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		546
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		70.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.303

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6238WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating	1948	1934
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date		September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$927
Price now		$489
Processor Number		E5-2670V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		9.03
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	576 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	25600 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.40°C	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	12	10
Number of threads	12	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)