AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon D-1557

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon D-1557 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 1090
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.10 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129 vs 1090

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1557

  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9285 vs 7279
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9285 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-1557

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1129
1090
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7279
9285
Name AMD Opteron 6281 Intel Xeon D-1557
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129 1090
PassMark - CPU mark 7279 9285

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6281 Intel Xeon D-1557

Essentials

Architecture codename Bulldozer Broadwell
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating 1939 1910
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Value for money (0-100) 33.18
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch date Q1'16
Processor Number D-1557
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 1.50 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.10 GHz
Number of cores 16 12
Number of threads 16 24
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 1
Sockets supported G34 FCBGA1667
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5 mm x 37.5 mm

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
Number of USB ports 8
PCI Express revision 2.0/3.0
PCIe configurations x4 x8 x16
Scalability 1S Only
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)