Opteron 6230 HE vs Xeon E7-4807

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Interlagos (2011−2012)
Release date	3 April 2011 (14 years ago)	1 May 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$890	$639

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	4.8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	14	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB (per module)
L3 cache	18 MB (shared)	8 MB (per die)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	513 mm2	2x 315 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	2,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE 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 (Multiprocessor)	4
Socket	FCLGA1567,LGA1567	G34
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE 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 Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE 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 Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-800	DDR3
Maximum memory size	2 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.598 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4807 and Opteron 6230 HE.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	1 May 2012
Physical cores	6	12
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt

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