AMD Opteron 6284 SE vs Intel Xeon E5-2680

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6284 SE and Intel Xeon E5-2680 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

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 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
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 E5-2680

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 32% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 64.40°C
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1555 vs 857
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15753 vs 10619
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 85°C vs 64.40°C
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1555 vs 857
PassMark - CPU mark 15753 vs 10619

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6284 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
857
1555
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10619
15753
Name AMD Opteron 6284 SE Intel Xeon E5-2680
PassMark - Single thread mark 857 1555
PassMark - CPU mark 10619 15753
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.784
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6284 SE Intel Xeon E5-2680

Essentials

Architecture codename Interlagos Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date May 2012 March 2012
OPN Tray OS6284YETGGGU
Place in performance rating 2122 2085
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $240
Price now $111.84
Processor Number E5-2680
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 33.28

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.70 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 85°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 16 8
Number of threads 16 16
Transistor count 2400 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Front-side bus (FSB) 8GT / s
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 130 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)