Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2440 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 E5-2440 v2

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 80°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
10.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1297
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13818 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2013 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature	80°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 48 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313 vs 1297
PassMark - CPU mark	13818 vs 12761

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 46% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1313

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13818

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	13818	12761

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	September 2013	November 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$400	$2,408
Place in performance rating	1565	1607
Price now	$509.95	$149.99
Processor Number	E5-2440V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	5.44	21.11
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size	160 mm	315 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	48 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	80°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	16	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	4
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 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® 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™)