AMD Opteron 6262 HE vs Intel Pentium E5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6262 HE and Intel Pentium E5300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Intel Pentium E5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6262 HE

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
14 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 2
Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
6x 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

Launch date	November 2011 vs November 2008
Number of cores	16 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2048 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5300

Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 65°C
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 65°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6262 HE
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5300

Name	AMD Opteron 6262 HE	Intel Pentium E5300
PassMark - Single thread mark		1024
PassMark - CPU mark		921
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		554

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6262 HE	Intel Pentium E5300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Interlagos	Wolfdale
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2011	November 2008
OPN Tray	OS6262VATGGGU
Place in performance rating	not rated	2726
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64
Price now		$15.40
Processor Number		E5300
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		29.44
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz	2.60 GHz
Die size	316 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	2048 KB (shared)
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C
Maximum core temperature	65°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	16	2
Number of threads	16
Transistor count	2400 million	228 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1800 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	G34	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)