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).

 

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 1938 1893
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)