AMD Opteron 6274 vs Intel Xeon L5609

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6274 and Intel Xeon L5609 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 L5609

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 67% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 63.1°C
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
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10313 vs 3298

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2011 vs March 2010
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 63.1°C
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10313 vs 3298

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5609

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1160 vs 974

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1160 vs 974

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6274
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5609

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

974

1160

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10313

3298

Name	AMD Opteron 6274	Intel Xeon L5609
PassMark - Single thread mark	974	1160
PassMark - CPU mark	10313	3298

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6274	Intel Xeon L5609
Essentials
Architecture codename	Interlagos	Westmere EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2011	March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$909
OPN Tray	OS6274WKTGGGU
Place in performance rating	2067	2058
Price now	$210
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Value for money (0-100)	6.82
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		L5609
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.2 GHz	1.86 GHz
Die size	316 mm	239 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	63.1°C
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	4
Transistor count	2400 million	1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
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		288 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	40 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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)