AMD Opteron 6274 vs Intel Xeon L5530

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6274 and Intel Xeon L5530 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.

AMD Opteron 6274

Intel Xeon L5530

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10313 vs 2522

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2011 vs August 2009
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10313 vs 2522

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5530

Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 69°C
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1169 vs 974

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1169 vs 974

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6274
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5530

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

974

1169

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10313

2522

Name	AMD Opteron 6274	Intel Xeon L5530
PassMark - Single thread mark	974	1169
PassMark - CPU mark	10313	2522

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6274	Intel Xeon L5530
Essentials
Architecture codename	Interlagos	Nehalem EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2011	August 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$909
OPN Tray	OS6274WKTGGGU
Place in performance rating	2067	2073
Price now	$210	$13.96
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Value for money (0-100)	6.82	91.79
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		L5530
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.2 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	316 mm	263 mm2
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	70°C
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz	2.66 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	8
Transistor count	2400 million	731 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.75V -1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		144 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm x 45mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)