Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 and AMD Opteron 3350 HE 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 E5-2420 v2

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 69.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1352 vs 1263
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11745 vs 4009
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 69.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1352 vs 1263
PassMark - CPU mark 11745 vs 4009

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3350 HE

  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3350 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1352
1263
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11745
4009
Name Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 AMD Opteron 3350 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1352 1263
PassMark - CPU mark 11745 4009
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 561
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3249

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 AMD Opteron 3350 HE

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Delhi
Launch date September 2013 n/d
Launch price (MSRP) $480
Place in performance rating 1952 1912
Price now $579.95
Processor Number E5-2420V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.38
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3350HOW4KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 192 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 69.10°C
Maximum frequency 2.70 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 4
Transistor count 1400 million 1200 million
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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™)