Intel Xeon E5 1620 vs Opteron 1389

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Intel Xeon E5-1620

AMD Opteron 1389

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Opteron 1389 with 4 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 6MB)

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)

Opteron 1389 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)

Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620 +101%

690

Opteron 1389

342

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620 +130%

2533

Opteron 1389

1099

Intel Xeon E5 1620

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Opteron 1389

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Jun 2009

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-E

Core Architecture

Suzuka

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket AM3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Generation

Opteron(Suzuka)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

0.758 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

294 mm²

Die Size

258 mm²

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

4

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

14.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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