AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1024x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 256 GB
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 256 TB vs 256 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1735 vs 1102
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8113 vs 2079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2012 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1735 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark 8113 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1650

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1102
1735
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2079
8113
Name AMD Opteron 1389 Intel Xeon E5-1650
PassMark - Single thread mark 1102 1735
PassMark - CPU mark 2079 8113
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 720
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4316
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 58.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.722

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1389 Intel Xeon E5-1650

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $269 $175
Place in performance rating 2143 2108
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $175
Processor Number E5-1650
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 19.77

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 32 nm
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4 12
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 QPI
Die size 435 mm
Maximum core temperature 64.0°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V - 1.35V

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB 256 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)