AMD Opteron 6282 SE vs Intel Xeon E5620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6282 SE and Intel Xeon E5620 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6282 SE

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
• Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
• 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
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7130 vs 6528

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5620

• Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 64.40°C
• Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1091 vs 517

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6282 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5620

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	517 1091
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7130 6528

Compare specifications (specs)