AMD Opteron 6380 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6380 and Intel Xeon E3-1280 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6380

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12377 vs 6564
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2012 vs May 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12377 vs 6564

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2164 vs 1133
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2164 vs 1133

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6380
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1133
2164
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12377
6564
Name AMD Opteron 6380 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1133 2164
PassMark - CPU mark 12377 6564
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 852
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.106

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6380 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Abu Dhabi Ivy Bridge
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date November 2012 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,150 $645
OPN Tray OS6380WKTGGHK
Place in performance rating 1762 1717
Price now $89.99 $1,512.82
Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Value for money (0-100) 33.00 1.84
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E3-1280V2
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
Die size 315 mm 160 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 4
Number of threads 16 8
Transistor count 2400 million 1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32.77 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 1
Sockets supported G34 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 69 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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

PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)