Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon E5 2609

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AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Intel Xeon E5-2609

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 6386 SE with 16 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2609 with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 6386 SE 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (80W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Opteron 6386 SE +4%

426

Intel Xeon E5 2609

408

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Opteron 6386 SE +87%

3945

Intel Xeon E5 2609

2102

Opteron 6386 SE

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Intel Xeon E5 2609

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

1.27 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

80 W

64 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

2x315 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

16

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

4

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

24.0

768 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

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

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