AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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).

AMD Opteron 1389

Intel Xeon E5-2660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

682.7x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 384 GB

Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 384 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
3.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 1102
6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14146 vs 2079

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	March 2012 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark	14146 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1102

1357

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2079

14146

Name	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102	1357
PassMark - CPU mark	2079	14146
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		549
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		53.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.508

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2660
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$85
Place in performance rating	2044	2057
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$102
Processor Number		E5-2660
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		32.05
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
Maximum core temperature		73 °C
Maximum frequency		3.00 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB	384 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	2
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
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)