AMD Opteron 6378 vs Intel Xeon E5-2665
Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6378 and Intel Xeon E5-2665 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6378
- CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
- Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
- Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date | November 2012 vs March 2012 |
Number of cores | 16 vs 8 |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz vs 3.10 GHz |
L1 cache | 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core) |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 4 vs 2 |
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2665
- Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 81.8°C vs 69°C
- Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1355 vs 1065
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14117 vs 13236
Specifications (specs) | |
Maximum core temperature | 81.8°C vs 69°C |
L3 cache | 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1355 vs 1065 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 14117 vs 13236 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6378
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2665
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Opteron 6378 | Intel Xeon E5-2665 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1065 | 1355 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 13236 | 14117 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 573 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 4647 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Opteron 6378 | Intel Xeon E5-2665 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Abu Dhabi | Sandy Bridge EP |
Family | AMD Opteron | |
Launch date | November 2012 | March 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $396 | $142 |
OPN Tray | OS6378WKTGGHK | |
Place in performance rating | 1807 | 1816 |
Price now | $199.99 | $141.50 |
Series | AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor | Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.17 | 24.14 |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Processor Number | E5-2665 | |
Status | Discontinued | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.40 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 | 20480 KB (shared) |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 32 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 69°C | 81.8°C |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.10 GHz |
Number of cores | 16 | 8 |
Number of threads | 16 | 16 |
Transistor count | 2400 million | 2270 million |
Unlocked | ||
Bus Speed | 8 GT/s QPI | |
Number of QPI Links | 2 | |
VID voltage range | 0.60V-1.35V | |
Memory |
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Supported memory frequency | 2000 MHz | |
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 |
ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 4 | |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 384 GB | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 4 | 2 |
Sockets supported | G34 | FCLGA2011 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 115 Watt |
Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Package Size | 52.5mm x 45.0mm | |
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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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 |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Scalability | 2S Only | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) |