Opteron 4334 vs Xeon X5492

Place in the ranking	1991	1746
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	1.15	2.48
Architecture codename	no data	Seoul (2012)
Release date	1 July 2008 (16 years ago)	4 December 2012 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334 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	no data	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	no data	6
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	288 KB
L2 cache	no data	6144 KB
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	315 mm²
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334 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	no data	2
Socket	LGA771	C32
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334 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 X5492 and Opteron 4334 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

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.

Xeon X5492 1.83

Opteron 4334 2.49
+36.1%

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.

Xeon X5492 2912

Opteron 4334 3949
+35.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.83	2.49
Recency	1 July 2008	4 December 2012
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt

Opteron 4334 has a 36.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

The Opteron 4334 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X5492 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X5492 and Opteron 4334, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.