AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 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, 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 6281

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12

Number of cores	16 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1774 vs 1129
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24208 vs 7279

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1774 vs 1129
PassMark - CPU mark	24208 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

1774

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

24208

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	1774
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	24208
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		713
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		78.362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.027

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Haswell
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1837	1640
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q3'14
Processor Number		E5-2680V3
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.50 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	16	12
Number of threads	16	24
Unlocked
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		84.5°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
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)