Xeon E5-2630L vs Opteron 6328

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6328
2012
8 cores / 8 threads, 115 Watt
3.47

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15621564
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.73no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.755.27
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date5 November 2012 (11 years ago)6 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$575no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rateno data7.2 GT/s
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per module)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)15360 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size2x 315 mm2435 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,400 million2,270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L 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
SocketG34FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+

Security technologies

Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L 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 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L. 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 support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L.

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 6328 3.47
Xeon E5-2630L 3.47

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.

Opteron 6328 5306
+0%
Xeon E5-2630L 5305

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 November 2012 6 March 2012
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 60 Watt

Opteron 6328 has an age advantage of 7 months, and 33.3% more physical cores.

Xeon E5-2630L, on the other hand, has 50% more threads, and 91.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Opteron 6328 and Xeon E5-2630L.


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