AMD Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6386 SE and Intel Xeon E5-2470 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 6386 SE

Intel Xeon E5-2470

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	November 2012 vs May 2012
Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
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 E5-2470

Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 78 °C vs 64.40°C
10.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1410 vs 1297
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14464 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	78 °C vs 64.40°C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 48 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1410 vs 1297
PassMark - CPU mark	14464 vs 12761

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6386 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1297

1410

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12761

14464

Name	AMD Opteron 6386 SE	Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark	1297	1410
PassMark - CPU mark	12761	14464

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6386 SE	Intel Xeon E5-2470
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Sandy Bridge EN
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,408	$1,480
OPN Tray	OS6386YETGGHK
Place in performance rating	1607	1478
Price now	$149.99	$316.72
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100)	21.11	9.36
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2470
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	315 mm	294 mm
L1 cache	48 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	64.40°C	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.10 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)	140 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 42.5 mm
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)