AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-4620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6238 and Intel Xeon E5-4620 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.60 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 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1076 vs 974
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.60 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 974

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620

  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11474 vs 8206
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11474 vs 8206

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1076
974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8206
11474
Name AMD Opteron 6238 Intel Xeon E5-4620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1076 974
PassMark - CPU mark 8206 11474

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6238 Intel Xeon E5-4620

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6238WKTCGGU
Place in performance rating 1947 1955
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $400
Price now $189
Processor Number E5-4620
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 12.66

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 16384 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 12 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 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 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 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 4
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 4S 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)