Xeon E5-2450L vs Opteron 6376

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6376
2012
16 cores / 16 threads, 115 Watt
3.17
Xeon E5-2450L
2012
8 cores / 16 threads, 70 Watt
3.35
+5.7%

Xeon E5-2450L outperforms Opteron 6376 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17471693
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.200.95
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.172.02
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)
Release date5 November 2012 (12 years ago)14 May 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$750$72

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2450L has 375% better value for money than Opteron 6376.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)20480 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2294 mm2
Number of transistors2,400 million1,270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L 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 configuration42
SocketG34FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt70 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L. 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 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L 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 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L 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 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-2450L.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Opteron 6376 3.17
Xeon E5-2450L 3.35
+5.7%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Opteron 6376 5572
Samples: 4
Xeon E5-2450L 5880
+5.5%
Samples: 6

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.17 3.35
Recency 5 November 2012 14 May 2012
Physical cores 16 8
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 70 Watt

Opteron 6376 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 100% more physical cores.

Xeon E5-2450L, on the other hand, has a 5.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 64.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Opteron 6376 and Intel Xeon E5-2450L.

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