AMD Opteron 6328 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6328 and Intel Xeon E5-2630L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6328

Intel Xeon E5-2630L

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6328

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 69.8°C
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1442 vs 1152
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9508 vs 8760

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C vs 69.8°C
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1442 vs 1152
PassMark - CPU mark	9508 vs 8760

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L

4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt

Number of threads	12 vs 8
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6328
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1442

1152

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9508

8760

Name	AMD Opteron 6328	Intel Xeon E5-2630L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1442	1152
PassMark - CPU mark	9508	8760
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	33.578
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.195
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		492
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2933

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6328	Intel Xeon E5-2630L
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6328WKT8GHK
Place in performance rating	2236	2187
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date		March 2012
Processor Number		E5-2630L
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C	69.8°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	8	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)