Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 and AMD Opteron 6168 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 100% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2034 vs 845
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs March 2010
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2034 vs 845

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 72x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15745 vs 6360
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
L1 cache 768 KB (shared) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6144 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12288 KB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 15745 vs 6360

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2034
845
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6360
15745
Name Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 AMD Opteron 6168
PassMark - Single thread mark 2034 845
PassMark - CPU mark 6360 15745
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 746
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 AMD Opteron 6168

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge Magny-Cours
Launch date May 2012 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $304
Place in performance rating 1971 1957
Price now $539.95
Processor Number E3-1240V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 4.98
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm 346 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 768 KB (shared)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 6144 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 12288 KB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 1.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 1400 million 1800 million
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 69 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32.77 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1333/1600 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1155 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt 115 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)