AMD Opteron 6378 vs Intel Xeon E5-2440

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6378 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.

AMD Opteron 6378

Intel Xeon E5-2440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6378

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 14% higher clock speed: 3.3 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 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13236 vs 10776

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2012 vs May 2012
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.3 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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	13236 vs 10776

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440

Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1151 vs 1065

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1151 vs 1065

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6378
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2440

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1065

1151

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13236

10776

Name	AMD Opteron 6378	Intel Xeon E5-2440
PassMark - Single thread mark	1065	1151
PassMark - CPU mark	13236	10776

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6378	Intel Xeon E5-2440
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Sandy Bridge EN
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$396	$295
OPN Tray	OS6378WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating	1807	1798
Price now	$199.99	$43.72
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100)	3.17	61.84
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2440
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.4 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	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 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	2000 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)	115 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)