Opteron 6378 vs Xeon L5640

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1646	1476
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.58	1.33
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	4.62	3.05
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Abu Dhabi (2012)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	5 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200	$396

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon L5640 has 19% better value for money than Opteron 6378.

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	8 MB (per die)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	239 mm2	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	2,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378 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	2	4
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	G34
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378 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 L5640 and Opteron 6378 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 L5640 and Opteron 6378. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5640 and Opteron 6378.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.04	3.85
Recency	16 March 2010	5 November 2012
Physical cores	6	16
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	115 Watt

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