AMD Opteron 6284 SE vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6284 SE and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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, 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).

AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Intel Xeon E5-2660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6284 SE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 50% 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	May 2012 vs March 2012
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660

Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 73 °C vs 64.40°C
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 857
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14103 vs 10619

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	73 °C vs 64.40°C
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357 vs 857
PassMark - CPU mark	14103 vs 10619

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6284 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

857

1357

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10619

14103

Name	AMD Opteron 6284 SE	Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark	857	1357
PassMark - CPU mark	10619	14103
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		549
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		53.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.508

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6284 SE	Intel Xeon E5-2660
Essentials
Architecture codename	Interlagos	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	May 2012	March 2012
OPN Tray	OS6284YETGGGU
Place in performance rating	2127	2129
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$85
Price now		$102
Processor Number		E5-2660
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		32.05
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.20 GHz
Die size	316 mm	435 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	64.40°C	73 °C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	16	8
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	2400 million	2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)