AMD Opteron 6328 vs Intel Xeon X5560

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6328 and Intel Xeon X5560 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 X5560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6328

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
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
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1442 vs 1305
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9508 vs 5572

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1442 vs 1305
PassMark - CPU mark	9508 vs 5572

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5560

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 71.70°C
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 71.70°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6328
CPU 2: Intel Xeon X5560

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1442

1305

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9508

5572

Name	AMD Opteron 6328	Intel Xeon X5560
PassMark - Single thread mark	1442	1305
PassMark - CPU mark	9508	5572
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		479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1982

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6328	Intel Xeon X5560
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6328WKT8GHK
Place in performance rating	2237	2234
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Nehalem EP
Launch date		March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)		$44
Price now		$57.95
Processor Number		X5560
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		27.43
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	2.80 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C	75°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.75V -1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Maximum memory size		144 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		42.5mm x 45mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)