AMD Opteron 6380 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6380 and Intel Xeon E5-2450 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6380

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 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
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12377 vs 10978
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2012 vs May 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12377 vs 10978

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450

  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1260 vs 1133
Specifications (specs)
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1260 vs 1133

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6380
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1133
1260
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12377
10978
Name AMD Opteron 6380 Intel Xeon E5-2450
PassMark - Single thread mark 1133 1260
PassMark - CPU mark 12377 10978

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6380 Intel Xeon E5-2450

Essentials

Architecture codename Abu Dhabi Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2012 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,150 $500
OPN Tray OS6380WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating 1762 1683
Price now $89.99 $722.22
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100) 33.00 4.15
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2450
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.10 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 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 16 8
Number of threads 16 16
Transistor count 2400 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 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)