AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E5-1680 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Opteron 6281

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 8
L1 cache	768 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 2 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
3.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	25 MB vs 8 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129
PassMark - CPU mark	7279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		123.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		11.267
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		8619

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Ivy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1836	1845
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		10 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$1723
Processor Number		E5-1680V2
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	16	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		85 °C
Operating Temperature Range		5°C - 85°C
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		256 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)