Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 vs AMD Opteron 4334

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 and AMD Opteron 4334 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 E5-2609 v2

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 71°C vs 67.70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1382 vs 1208
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6834 vs 6099
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 71°C vs 67.70°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1382 vs 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 6834 vs 6099

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4334

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4334

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1382
1208
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6834
6099
Name Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 AMD Opteron 4334
PassMark - Single thread mark 1382 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 6834 6099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.253

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 AMD Opteron 4334

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Seoul
Launch date September 2013 n/d
Launch price (MSRP) $396
Place in performance rating 1761 1792
Price now $509.95
Processor Number E5-2609V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.97
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4334WLU6KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 288 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 6 MB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 71°C 67.70°C
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 4 6
Transistor count 1400 million 1200 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 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 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)