AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon W-2150B

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon W-2150B 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).

AMD Opteron 6281

Intel Xeon W-2150B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 10
L1 cache	768 KB vs 640 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 10 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2150B

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 41% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 72% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	13.75 MB vs 8 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-2150B

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon W-2150B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129
PassMark - CPU mark	7279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		118.786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.598

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon W-2150B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Skylake W
Family	AMD Opteron	Xeon W
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1837	1832
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	W-2000
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		5 June 2017
Processor Number		W-2150B
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	3.0 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	640 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	10 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	4.5 GHz
Number of cores	16	10
Number of threads	16	20
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		79.47 GB/s
Maximum memory size		512 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA-2066 (R4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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		48
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 1x8, 1x4
Security & Reliability
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)