AMD Opteron 6344 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6344 and Intel Xeon E5-2609 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, 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

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
L1 cache 576 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 2.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 71°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1383 vs 1231
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6844 vs 6069
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 71°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1383 vs 1231
PassMark - CPU mark 6844 vs 6069

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6344
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1231
1383
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6069
6844
Name AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 1383
PassMark - CPU mark 6069 6844
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.253

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6344WKTCGHK
Place in performance rating 1865 1840
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) $396
Price now $509.95
Processor Number E5-2609V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.97

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 576 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C 71°C
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.50 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 12 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
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
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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)