Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon E5640

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AMD Opteron 6348

Intel Xeon E5640

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6348 with 12 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6348 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.666GHz)

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (80W vs 115W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6348 +4%

457

Intel Xeon E5640

437

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6348

2387

Intel Xeon E5640 +2%

2456

Opteron 6348

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Intel Xeon E5640

General Parameters

Nov 2012

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Abu Dhabi

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket G34

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

2.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

115 W

Power Consumption

80 W

70 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.666 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.933 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

20.0

576 KB

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per module

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB per die

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1866

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

2

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