Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2

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AMD Opteron 6348

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6348 with 12 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 with 4 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6348

457

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 +50%

690

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6348

2387

Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2 +6%

2533

Opteron 6348

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Intel Xeon E5 1620 v2

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Sep 2013

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Ivy Bridge-E

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Ivy Bridge-E)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.86 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

130 W

70 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

257 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

37.0

576 KB

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR3-1866

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

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