Intel Xeon E7530 vs AMD Opteron 6328

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7530 and AMD Opteron 6328 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 E7530

• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6328

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• Around 78% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.13 GHz
• Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 64°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 1398101.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1442 vs 887
• Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9508 vs 7231

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7530
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6328

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	887 1442
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7231 9508

Compare specifications (specs)