Intel Xeon E5-4620 vs AMD Opteron 6376

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Combined performance score

Opteron 6376
3.63

Xeon E5-4620 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 26% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-4620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13931197
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.330.64
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date5 November 2012 (11 years old)14 May 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$750$400
Current price$915 (1.2x MSRP)$786 (2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-4620 has 94% better value for money than Opteron 6376.

Technical specs

Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-4620 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 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)16384 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2435 mm2
Number of transistors2,400 million2,270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-4620 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 configuration44
SocketG34FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-4620. 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 6376 and Xeon E5-4620 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 6376 and Xeon E5-4620 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 6376 and Xeon E5-4620. 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 data42.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon E5-4620.

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 6376 3.63
Xeon E5-4620 4.58
+26.2%

Xeon E5-4620 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 26% 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 6376 5572
Xeon E5-4620 7037
+26.3%

Xeon E5-4620 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 26% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.63 4.58
Recency 5 November 2012 14 May 2012
Physical cores 16 8
Cost $750 $400
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt

The Xeon E5-4620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 6376 in performance tests.


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