AMD Opteron 6376 vs Intel Xeon E5606

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6376 and Intel Xeon E5606 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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 E5606

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
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
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1131 vs 882
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 4258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2012 vs February 2011
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
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 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1131 vs 882
PassMark - CPU mark	12278 vs 4258

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5606

Around 7% higher clock speed: 2.13 GHz vs 2 GHz
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.13 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6376
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5606

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1131

882

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12278

4258

Name	AMD Opteron 6376	Intel Xeon E5606
PassMark - Single thread mark	1131	882
PassMark - CPU mark	12278	4258
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1615
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4812

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6376	Intel Xeon E5606
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Westmere EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$750	$46
OPN Tray	OS6376WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating	1774	1719
Price now	$65	$219
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Value for money (0-100)	42.66	4.10
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5606
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.13 GHz
Die size	315 mm	239 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
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2.13 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	4
Transistor count	2400 million	1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		288 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm X 45mm
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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)