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.

 

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: 1347 vs 974
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11638 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 1347 vs 974
PassMark - CPU mark 11638 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
1347
974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11638
10313
Name Intel Xeon E5-2640 AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark 1347 974
PassMark - CPU mark 11638 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™)