AMD Opteron 6180 SE vs Intel Xeon Phi 7210

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6180 SE and Intel Xeon Phi 7210 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Intel Xeon Phi 7210

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 215 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Phi 7210

52 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 12
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	64 vs 12
L1 cache	32 KB (per core) vs 1536 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 6 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6180 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Phi 7210

Name	AMD Opteron 6180 SE	Intel Xeon Phi 7210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	27.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.522
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	20.331
PassMark - Single thread mark		460
PassMark - CPU mark		7306

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6180 SE	Intel Xeon Phi 7210
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6180YETCEGO
Place in performance rating	2759	2731
Series	AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon Phi™ x200 Product Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Knights Landing
Launch date		June 2016
Processor Number		7210
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	1.30 GHz
L1 cache	1536 KB	32 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB
Maximum core temperature	64°C
Number of cores	12	64
Number of threads	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Manufacturing process technology		14 nm
Maximum frequency		1.50 GHz
Transistor count		8000 million
VID voltage range		0.550-1.125V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1800 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2133
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		6
Maximum memory bandwidth		102 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	SVLCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	215 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		36
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x16 port (Port 2 and 3) may negotiate down to x8, x4, x2, or x1. x4 port (Port1) may negotiate down to x2, or x1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
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)