Xeon E5-2637 vs Opteron 3350 HE

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 3350 HE
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.70
Xeon E5-2637
2012
2 cores / 4 threads, 80 Watt
1.87
+10%

Xeon E5-2637 outperforms Opteron 3350 HE by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20561990
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.572.21
Architecture codenameDelhi (2012−2013)Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date4 December 2012 (12 years ago)6 March 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache192 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)5120 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2294 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data70 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million1,270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketAM3+FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+

Security technologies

Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Opteron 3350 HE 1.70
Xeon E5-2637 1.87
+10%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 3350 HE 2699
Xeon E5-2637 2978
+10.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.70 1.87
Recency 4 December 2012 6 March 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 80 Watt

Opteron 3350 HE has an age advantage of 8 months, 100% more physical cores, and 77.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2637, on the other hand, has a 10% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Opteron 3350 HE and Xeon E5-2637.


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