AMD Opteron 6344 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6344 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 6344

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 70°C
  • 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
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C vs 70°C
L1 cache 576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

  • Around 95% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2052 vs 1231
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9324 vs 6069
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2052 vs 1231
PassMark - CPU mark 9324 vs 6069

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6344
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1231
2052
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6069
9324
Name AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 2052
PassMark - CPU mark 6069 9324
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 783
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4838
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 67.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.992

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6344WKTCGHK
Place in performance rating 1866 1888
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $917
Price now $644.95
Processor Number E5-1650V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 5.81

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 3.50 GHz
L1 cache 576 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 12 6
Number of threads 12 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 256 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® TSX-NI
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)