Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6274

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 and AMD Opteron 6274 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

AMD Opteron 6274

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1381 vs 974
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11796 vs 10313

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2013 vs November 2011
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1381 vs 974
PassMark - CPU mark	11796 vs 10313

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6274

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1381

974

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11796

10313

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2	AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark	1381	974
PassMark - CPU mark	11796	10313
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	561
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3249

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2	AMD Opteron 6274
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Interlagos
Launch date	September 2013	November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$480	$909
Place in performance rating	1943	2001
Price now	$579.95	$210
Processor Number	E5-2420V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	4.38	6.82
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6274WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size	160 mm	316 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	12	16
Transistor count	1400 million	2400 million
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Unlocked
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	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 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™)