AMD Opteron 6366 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2440

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6366 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2440 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6366 HE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1167 vs 1151
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2012 vs May 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1167 vs 1151

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440

  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10776 vs 10265
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10776 vs 10265

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6366 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2440

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1167
1151
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10265
10776
Name AMD Opteron 6366 HE Intel Xeon E5-2440
PassMark - Single thread mark 1167 1151
PassMark - CPU mark 10265 10776

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6366 HE Intel Xeon E5-2440

Essentials

Architecture codename Abu Dhabi Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2012 May 2012
OPN Tray OS6366VATGGHK
Place in performance rating 1794 1796
Price now $199.99 $43.72
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100) 11.05 61.84
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $295
Processor Number E5-2440
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.8 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 315 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 65°C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 16 6
Number of threads 16 12
Transistor count 2400 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1800 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 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)