AMD Opteron 6376 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6376 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 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, 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 6376

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • 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 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 9790
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2012 vs March 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 vs 9790

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620

  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 2.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 77.4°C vs 69°C
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz vs 2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 77.4°C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1134 vs 1131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6376
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1131
1134
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12278
9790
Name AMD Opteron 6376 Intel Xeon E5-2620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1131 1134
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 9790
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 451
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 139.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.286
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 35.214

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6376 Intel Xeon E5-2620

Essentials

Architecture codename Abu Dhabi Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2012 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $750 $36
OPN Tray OS6376WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating 1773 1680
Price now $65 $34.65
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100) 42.66 67.37
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2620
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.00 GHz
Die size 315 mm 435 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 69°C 77.4°C
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.50 GHz
Number of cores 16 6
Number of threads 16 12
Transistor count 2400 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

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 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

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
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)

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)