AMD Opteron 6344 vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6344 and Intel Xeon W3580 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, 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
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 67.9°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 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
• 2x 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
• Around 68% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6069 vs 3609

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

• Around 80% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2 GHz
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1231

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6344
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1231 1557
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	6069 3609

Compare specifications (specs)