Intel Xeon X5450 vs AMD Opteron 2384

older Released November, 2007

Intel Xeon X5450

3 GHz
Quad core

Front view of Intel Xeon X5450

5.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5450

	Much more l2 cache 12 MB		Much higher clock speed 3 GHz
	Much more l2 cache per core 3 MB/core		Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.07 GHz

VS

older Released November, 2008

AMD Opteron 2384

2.7 GHz
Quad core

Front view of AMD Opteron 2384

5.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 2384

	Much lower typical power consumption 60.94W		Much lower annual commercial energy cost 65.7 $/year
	Much lower annual home energy cost 18.07 $/year		Newer Nov, 2008

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X5450 5.5 Opteron 2384 5.5 Xeon E5450 5.5
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X5450 7.9 Opteron 2384 7.5 Xeon E5450 7.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X5450 n.d. Opteron 2384 n.d. Xeon E5450 n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X5450 0.0 Opteron 2384 0.0 Xeon E5450 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X5450 5.0 Opteron 2384 5.1 Xeon E5450 5.1
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X5450 n.d. Opteron 2384 n.d. Xeon E5450 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon X5450

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Much more l2 cache

12 MB

vs

2 MB

6x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much higher clock speed

3 GHz

vs

2.7 GHz

More than 10% higher clock speed

Much more l2 cache per core

3 MB/core

vs

0.5 MB/core

6x more l2 cache per core

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.07 GHz

vs

2.7 GHz

More than 50% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

3 GHz

vs

2.7 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Front view of AMD Opteron 2384

Reasons to consider the
AMD Opteron 2384

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Much lower typical power consumption

60.94W

vs

97.5W

Around 40% lower typical power consumption

Much lower annual commercial energy cost

65.7 $/year

vs

105.12 $/year

Around 40% lower annual commercial energy cost

Much lower annual home energy cost

18.07 $/year

vs

28.91 $/year

Around 40% lower annual home energy cost

Newer

Nov, 2008

vs

Nov, 2007

Release date a year later

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

7,850

8,798

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,580

1,334

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

127,150 MB/s

108,800 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

4,167

3,538

PassMark (Single Core)

1,263

972

summary	Xeon X5450	vs	Opteron 2384
Clock speed	3 GHz		2.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Quad core
Socket type
LGA 771
F
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
3DNow!
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	120W		75W
Annual home energy cost	28.91 $/year		18.07 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	105.12 $/year		65.7 $/year
Performance per watt	1.46 pt/W		2.12 pt/W
Typical power consumption	97.5W		60.94W

details	Xeon X5450	vs	Opteron 2384
Threads	4		4
L2 cache	12 MB		2 MB
L2 cache per core	3 MB/core		0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm		45 nm
Max CPUs	2		2
Clock multiplier	9		13
Voltage range	0.85 - 1.35V		1.3 - UnknownV
Operating temperature	Unknown - 63°C		0 - 55°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.07 GHz		2.7 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3 GHz		2.7 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.07 GHz		2.7 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
Clock speed	1,333 MHz		2,200 MHz

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