Intel Xeon X5670 vs AMD Opteron 6376

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Combined performance score

Opteron 6376
3.63

Xeon X5670 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 9% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13931328
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.331.06
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataXeon (Desktop)
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Westmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date5 November 2012 (11 years old)16 March 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$750$67
Current price$915 (1.2x MSRP)$80 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon X5670 has 221% better value for money than Opteron 6376.

Technical specs

Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.33 GHz
Bus supportno data6400 MHz
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size315 mm2239 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors2,400 million1,170 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670 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
SocketG34FCLGA1366,LGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data40 Bit
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670 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 X5670 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 X5670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data288 GB
Max memory channelsno data3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670.

PCIe version2.02.0

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 X5670 3.96
+9.1%

Xeon X5670 outperforms Opteron 6376 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 6376 5572
Xeon X5670 6089
+9.3%

Xeon X5670 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 9% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Opteron 6376 355
Xeon X5670 481
+35.5%

Xeon X5670 outperforms Opteron 6376 by 35% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Opteron 6376 3066
+36.2%
Xeon X5670 2251

Opteron 6376 outperforms Xeon X5670 by 36% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.63 3.96
Recency 5 November 2012 16 March 2010
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 16 12
Cost $750 $67
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt

We couldn't decide between Opteron 6376 and Xeon X5670. The differences in performance seem too small.


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