AMD Opteron 6376 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6376 and Intel Xeon E3-1290 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6376

Intel Xeon E3-1290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 56.7°C
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x 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
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 5429

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2012 vs May 2011
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 56.7°C
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12278 vs 5429

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1290

Around 100% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2 GHz
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1834 vs 1131

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1834 vs 1131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6376
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1290

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1131

1834

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12278

5429

Name	AMD Opteron 6376	Intel Xeon E3-1290
PassMark - Single thread mark	1131	1834
PassMark - CPU mark	12278	5429
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		725
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2794

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6376	Intel Xeon E3-1290
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Sandy Bridge
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	May 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$750	$885
OPN Tray	OS6376WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating	1774	1763
Price now	$65	$885
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Value for money (0-100)	42.66	2.89
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E3-1290
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	3.60 GHz
Die size	315 mm	216 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	56.7°C
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	8
Transistor count	2400 million	1160 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Sockets supported	G34	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)
Graphics
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
PCI Express revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)