Intel Xeon E5-2407 vs AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2407 and AMD Opteron 6282 SE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2407

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1042 vs 517
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs November 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1042 vs 517

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6282 SE

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7130 vs 5362
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 7130 vs 5362

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2407
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6282 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1042
517
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5362
7130
Name Intel Xeon E5-2407 AMD Opteron 6282 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1042 517
PassMark - CPU mark 5362 7130
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 412
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1602

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2407 AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN Interlagos
Launch date May 2012 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $335 $1,090
Place in performance rating 2463 2680
Price now $335.04 $129.99
Processor Number E5-2407
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 3.47 20.65
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6282YETGGGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.6 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm 316 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 4 16
Transistor count 1270 million 2400 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V
Maximum core temperature 64.40°C
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 4
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 140 Watt

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)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

Virtualization

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