AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 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, 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

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 341.3x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 768 GB
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 256 TB vs 768 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 67% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1382 vs 1102
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6834 vs 2079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs 1 Jun 2009
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1382 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark 6834 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1102
1382
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2079
6834
Name AMD Opteron 1389 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1102 1382
PassMark - CPU mark 2079 6834
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.253

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1389 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $269 $396
Place in performance rating 2043 1757
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $509.95
Processor Number E5-2609V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.97

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 22 nm
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
64 bit support
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Maximum core temperature 71°C
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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)