Intel Xeon D-1548 vs AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1548 and AMD Opteron 6262 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon D-1548

AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1548

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 85 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 85 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6262 HE

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.60 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1548
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Name	Intel Xeon D-1548	AMD Opteron 6262 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1647
PassMark - CPU mark	9075

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-1548	AMD Opteron 6262 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q4'15	November 2011
Place in performance rating	1449	not rated
Processor Number	D-1548
Series	Intel® Xeon® D Processor	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6262VATGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of threads	16	16
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Maximum core temperature		65°C
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	1800 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5 mm x 37.5 mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	85 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16
Scalability	1S Only
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)