Intel Xeon E5-1620 vs AMD Opteron 6282 SE

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Combined performance score

Opteron 6282 SE
4.16
+8.9%

Opteron 6282 SE outperforms Xeon E5-1620 by 9% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12821351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.024.22
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameInterlagos (2011−2012)Sandy Bridge-E (2011−2013)
Release date14 November 2011 (12 years old)March 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,090$313
Current price$400 (0.4x MSRP)$46 (0.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-1620 has 314% better value for money than Opteron 6282 SE.

Technical specs

Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)10240 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size316 mm2294 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data64 °C
Number of transistors2,400 million1270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620 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 configuration41
SocketG34FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Identity Protectionno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data375 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620.

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 6282 SE 4.16
+8.9%
Xeon E5-1620 3.82

Opteron 6282 SE outperforms Xeon E5-1620 by 9% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Opteron 6282 SE 6385
+9%
Xeon E5-1620 5860

Opteron 6282 SE outperforms Xeon E5-1620 by 9% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.16 3.82
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 16 8
Cost $1090 $313
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 130 Watt

We couldn't decide between Opteron 6282 SE and Xeon E5-1620. The differences in performance seem too small.


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