Xeon E5-2407 vs Opteron 6380
Aggregate performance score
Opteron 6380 outperforms Xeon E5-2407 by a whopping 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1624 | 2343 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.19 | 0.10 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 3.53 | 2.02 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Abu Dhabi (2012) | Sandy Bridge-EN (2012) |
| Release date | 5 November 2012 (13 years ago) | 14 May 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,150 | $335 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Opteron 6380 has 90% better value for money than Xeon E5-2407.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407 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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 6.4 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (per die) | 10240 KB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 294 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 2,400 million | 1,270 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407 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 configuration | 4 | 2 |
| Socket | G34 | FCLGA1356 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
Security technologies
Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 384 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 3 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2407.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 24 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.79 | 1.51 |
| Recency | 5 November 2012 | 14 May 2012 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 80 Watt |
Opteron 6380 has a 151% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
Xeon E5-2407, on the other hand, has 43.8% lower power consumption.
The AMD Opteron 6380 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5-2407 in performance tests.
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