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.

 

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 1944 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
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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 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™)