Intel Xeon E5-2640 vs AMD Opteron 6274

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2640 and AMD Opteron 6274 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 E5-2640

AMD Opteron 6274

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 73 °C vs 69°C
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1345 vs 974
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11609 vs 10313

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	March 2012 vs November 2011
Maximum core temperature	73 °C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1345 vs 974
PassMark - CPU mark	11609 vs 10313

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 3.00 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	3.1 GHz vs 3.00 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)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2640
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6274

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1345

974

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11609

10313

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2640	AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark	1345	974
PassMark - CPU mark	11609	10313
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	564
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3363

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2640	AMD Opteron 6274
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EP	Interlagos
Launch date	March 2012	November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$162	$909
Place in performance rating	1956	2001
Price now	$197.27	$210
Processor Number	E5-2640
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	14.20	6.82
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6274WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size	435 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 core temperature	73 °C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12	16
Transistor count	2270 million	2400 million
VID voltage range	0.60V-1.35V
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Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.6 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	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)