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).

 

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: 1358 vs 1102
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14111 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 1358 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark 14111 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1102
1358
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2079
14111
Name AMD Opteron 1389 Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark 1102 1358
PassMark - CPU mark 2079 14111
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 2143 2139
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)