Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs Opteron 8222

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

AMD Opteron 8222

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and Opteron 8222 with 2 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Opteron 8222 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2420

VS

Opteron 8222

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Aug 2007

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Santa Rosa

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket F

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

0.227 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

90 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

-

294 mm²

Die Size

235 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

6

Total Core Count

2

12

Total Thread Count

2

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

128 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR2-667

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

1

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