AMD Opteron 6128 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6128 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2689 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, 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 6128 HE

Intel Xeon E5-2689

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6128 HE

Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 55°C vs 52°C
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum core temperature	55°C vs 52°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm

Launch date	6 Mar 2012 vs 29 Mar 2010
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6128 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2689

Name	AMD Opteron 6128 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2689
PassMark - Single thread mark	883
PassMark - CPU mark	6339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.539

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6128 HE	Intel Xeon E5-2689
Essentials
Architecture codename	Maranello	Sandy Bridge
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	29 Mar 2010	6 Mar 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$523
OPN Tray	OS6128VAT8EGO
Place in performance rating	2141	2075
Series	AMD Opteron 6100 series
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2689
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.0 GHz	2.6 GHz
Die size	346 mm
L1 cache	1 MB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C
Maximum core temperature	55°C	52°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	8	16
Transistor count	1808 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.6V - 1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.7 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR2-1066, DDR3-1333, LV DDR3-1066	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	LGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
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® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)