Intel Xeon E5-2440 vs AMD Opteron 6276

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2440 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2440

AMD Opteron 6276

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440

CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1151 vs 916
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10776 vs 9168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs November 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1151 vs 916
PassMark - CPU mark	10776 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 10% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.90 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 2.90 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 E5-2440
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6276

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1151

916

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10776

9168

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2440	AMD Opteron 6276
PassMark - Single thread mark	1151	916
PassMark - CPU mark	10776	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 E5-2440	AMD Opteron 6276
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EN	Interlagos
Launch date	May 2012	November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$295	$119
Place in performance rating	1699	1749
Price now	$43.72	$79.99
Processor Number	E5-2440
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	61.84	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6276WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 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	2.90 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
Unlocked
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)	95 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™)