Opteron 8220 vs Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD Opteron 8220

Intel Xeon E5-2420

We compared two server CPUs: Opteron 8220 with 2 cores 2.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Opteron 8220 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (667 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 90nm)

Score

Opteron 8220

VS

Intel Xeon E5 2420

General Parameters

Feb 2007

Release Date

May 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Santa Rosa

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EN

AMD Socket F

Socket

Intel Socket 1356

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Opteron (Santa Rosa)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Package

0.227 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

90 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

95 W

-

Foundry

Intel

235 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

2

Total Core Count

6

2

Total Thread Count

12

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

19.0

128 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR2-667

Memory Types

DDR3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

1

PCIe Version

-

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