Intel Xeon E5-2470 vs AMD Opteron 6272

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2470 and AMD Opteron 6272 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2470

AMD Opteron 6272

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 3 GHz
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 78 °C vs 69°C
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1410 vs 966
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14464 vs 9239

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs November 2011
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	78 °C vs 69°C
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1410 vs 966
PassMark - CPU mark	14464 vs 9239

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6272

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 8
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2470
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6272

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1410

966

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14464

9239

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2470	AMD Opteron 6272
PassMark - Single thread mark	1410	966
PassMark - CPU mark	14464	9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6923

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2470	AMD Opteron 6272
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EN	Interlagos
Launch date	May 2012	November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,480	$325
Place in performance rating	1478	1601
Price now	$316.72	$658.89
Processor Number	E5-2470
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	9.36	3.02
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6272WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 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	20480 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	1270 million	2400 million
VID voltage range	0.60V-1.35V
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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	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5 mm
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™)