AMD Opteron 6128 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6128 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6128 HE

Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6128 HE

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
2 more threads: 8 vs 6

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	8 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 55°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 883
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7992 vs 6339

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	73°C vs 55°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1081 vs 883
PassMark - CPU mark	7992 vs 6339

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6128 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

883

1081

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6339

7992

Name	AMD Opteron 6128 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	883	1081
PassMark - CPU mark	6339	7992
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		471
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2370

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6128 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Maranello	Broadwell
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	29 Mar 2010	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$523
OPN Tray	OS6128VAT8EGO
Place in performance rating	2237	2277
Series	AMD Opteron 6100 series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2603V4
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.0 GHz	1.70 GHz
Die size	346 mm
L1 cache	1 MB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C
Maximum core temperature	55°C	73°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	8	6
Transistor count	1808 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.7 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR2-1066, DDR3-1333, LV DDR3-1066	DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
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
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)