AMD Opteron 6344 vs Intel Xeon E5-2643

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6344 and Intel Xeon E5-2643 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6344

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • 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
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
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)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2643

  • Around 75% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 70.40°C
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1600 vs 1231
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9774 vs 6069
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 73°C vs 70.40°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1600 vs 1231
PassMark - CPU mark 9774 vs 6069

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6344
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2643

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1231
1600
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6069
9774
Name AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-2643
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 1600
PassMark - CPU mark 6069 9774
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 638
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2761

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6344 Intel Xeon E5-2643

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6344WKTCGHK
Place in performance rating 1865 1858
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $218
Price now $2,664
Processor Number E5-2643
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 0.93

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 3.30 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 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C 73°C
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 12 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1270 million
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

Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 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)