AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 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 E5-2697 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 12
L2 cache	16 MB vs 3 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
3.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1717 vs 1129
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22912 vs 7279

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	30 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1717 vs 1129
PassMark - CPU mark	22912 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

1717

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

22912

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	1717
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	22912
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		75.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		14.769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Ivy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1837	1633
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Value for money (0-100)	33.18	2.30
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		10 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,723
Price now		$2,235.02
Processor Number		E5-2697V2
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	16	12
Number of threads	16	24
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)		8GT / s
Maximum core temperature		86°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
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® AVX
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 Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)