Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690

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AMD Opteron 6348

Intel Xeon E5-2690

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

Main Differences

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Lower TDP (115W vs 135W)

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)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6348

457

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +137%

1084

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6348

2387

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +300%

9549

Opteron 6348

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Intel Xeon E5 2690

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Mar 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

135 W

70 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

29.0

576 KB

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

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