Intel Xeon E5 2690 vs Opteron 6348

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Intel Xeon E5-2690

AMD Opteron 6348

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz and Opteron 6348 with 12 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Lower TDP (115W vs 135W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +137%

1084

Opteron 6348

457

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +300%

9549

Opteron 6348

2387

Intel Xeon E5 2690

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Opteron 6348

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Nov 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Abu Dhabi

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

135 W

Power Consumption

115 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

435 mm²

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

14.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

576 KB

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per module

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3-1866

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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