Intel Xeon D-1557 vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1557 and AMD Opteron 6168 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-1557

AMD Opteron 6168

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1557

Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.10 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1090 vs 845

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.10 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1090 vs 845

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15745 vs 9285

Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	15745 vs 9285

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1557
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1090

845

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9285

15745

Name	Intel Xeon D-1557	AMD Opteron 6168
PassMark - Single thread mark	1090	845
PassMark - CPU mark	9285	15745

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-1557	AMD Opteron 6168
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Magny-Cours
Launch date	Q1'16	March 2010
Place in performance rating	1811	1864
Processor Number	D-1557
Series	Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.10 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	12	12
Number of threads	24
Die size		346 mm
L1 cache		768 KB (shared)
L2 cache		6144 KB (per core)
L3 cache		12288 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Transistor count		1800 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 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	115 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)