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| Intel Xeon E5-2640 vs AMD Opteron 6378 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2640
- 2.5 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2640
![]() | Much better PassMark score 15,348 | ![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,854 |
![]() | Much better performance per watt 7.66 pt/W | ![]() | Higher clock speed 2.5 GHz |
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Released November, 2012
AMD Opteron 6378
- 2.4 GHz
- 16 core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 6378
![]() | Much more l2 cache 16 MB | ![]() | Higher turbo clock speed 3.3 GHz |
![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core | ![]() | More threads 16 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much better PassMark score | 15,348 | vs | 2,152 | Around 7.2x better PassMark score | |||
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Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,854 | vs | 996 | More than 85% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much better performance per watt | 7.66 pt/W | vs | 2.97 pt/W | More than 2.5x better performance per watt | |||
Higher clock speed | 2.5 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 5% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 2.5x more l3 cache per core | |||
Lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 93.44W | More than 15% lower typical power consumption | |||
Lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | More than 15% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | More than 15% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 16 MB | vs | 2 MB | 8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
Higher turbo clock speed | 3.3 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | Around 10% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.33 MB/core | More than 3x more l2 cache per core | |||
More threads | 16 | vs | 12 | 4 more threads | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2.9 GHz | Around 25% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
More l3 cache | 16 MB | vs | 15 MB | More than 5% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
Newer | Nov, 2012 | vs | Mar, 2012 | Release date 8 months later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2640 vs Opteron 6378
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2640
9,664
Opteron 6378
46,510
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2640
2,099
Opteron 6378
1,663
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2640
1,400,000 MB/s
Opteron 6378
1,650 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon E5-2640
15,348
Opteron 6378
2,152
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon E5-2640
1,854
Opteron 6378
996
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2640 | vs | Opteron 6378 |
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Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
Cores | Hexa core | 16 core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 2011 | |||
G34 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
AVX 1.1 | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
XOP | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
ABM | |||
BMI1 | |||
CLMUL | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
FMA3 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 95W | 115W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 7.66 pt/W | 2.97 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 93.44W | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 42,666.64 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s |
details | Xeon E5-2640 | vs | Opteron 6378 |
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Threads | 12 | 16 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 15 MB | 16 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 4 | |
Clock multiplier | 30 | 16 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 73°C | Unknown - 69°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 3 | 1 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | HyperTransport 3.0 | |
Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 6,400 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 3,200 MHz |
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