Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 and AMD Opteron 6386 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2

Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1374 vs 1297

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1374 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 12183

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12761 vs 12183

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1374

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12183

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1374	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	12183	12761

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q1'14	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1453	1512
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
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,408
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		21.11
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	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	12	16
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		48 KB
L2 cache		16 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	140 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™)