Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 and AMD Opteron 6348 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1374 vs 1344
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1374 vs 1344

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 69°C
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13470 vs 12183
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C vs 69°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 13470 vs 12183

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1374
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12183
13470
Name Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 1374 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 12183 13470

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 AMD Opteron 6348

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q1'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1554 1550
Processor Number E5-2430LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6348WKTCGHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 12
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 12
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 2400 million
Unlocked

Memory

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 4
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 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® 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)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)