AMD Opteron 6272 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6272 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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 6272

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6.4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date November 2011 vs April 2011
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1110 vs 966
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 9239
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 20 vs 16
L3 cache 30720 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1110 vs 966
PassMark - CPU mark 25895 vs 9239

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6272
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
966
1110
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9239
25895
Name AMD Opteron 6272 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 966 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 9239 25895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6923

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6272 Intel Xeon E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Interlagos Westmere EX
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2011 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $325
OPN Tray OS6272WKTGGGU
Place in performance rating 1603 1439
Price now $658.89
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Value for money (0-100) 3.02
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E7-8870
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 316 mm 513 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 16 10
Number of threads 16 20
Transistor count 2400 million 2600 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 8
Sockets supported G34 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 49.17mm x 56.47mm

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Peripherals

Scalability S8S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)