Intel Xeon E5-2430L vs AMD Opteron 6276

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2430L and AMD Opteron 6276 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2430L

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1153 vs 916
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9752 vs 9168
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs November 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1153 vs 916
PassMark - CPU mark 9752 vs 9168

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6276

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.50 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 3.2 GHz vs 2.50 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)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2430L
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6276

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1153
916
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9752
9168
Name Intel Xeon E5-2430L AMD Opteron 6276
PassMark - Single thread mark 1153 916
PassMark - CPU mark 9752 9168
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1688
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 39.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.974

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2430L AMD Opteron 6276

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN Interlagos
Launch date May 2012 November 2011
Place in performance rating 1842 1828
Price now $103.99 $79.99
Processor Number E5-2430L
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 20.59 33.18
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $119
OPN Tray OS6276WKTGGGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 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 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 16
Transistor count 1270 million 2400 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V
Maximum core temperature 69°C
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333 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
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection 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® Turbo Boost technology
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™)