AMD Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon E5-2637

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6386 SE and Intel Xeon E5-2637 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 6386 SE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • 32x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 5775
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2012 vs March 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 5120 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 vs 5775

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2637

  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 70.0°C vs 64.40°C
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1654 vs 1297
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 70.0°C vs 64.40°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 48 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1654 vs 1297

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6386 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2637

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1297
1654
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12761
5775
Name AMD Opteron 6386 SE Intel Xeon E5-2637
PassMark - Single thread mark 1297 1654
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 5775

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6386 SE Intel Xeon E5-2637

Essentials

Architecture codename Abu Dhabi Sandy Bridge EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2012 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $2,408
OPN Tray OS6386YETGGHK
Place in performance rating 1609 1497
Price now $149.99
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Value for money (0-100) 21.11
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E5-2637
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.8 GHz 3.00 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 5120 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 64.40°C 70.0°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 16 2
Number of threads 16 4
Transistor count 2400 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.6V - 1.35V

Memory

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

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Sockets supported G34 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)