Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 vs AMD Opteron 6380

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 and AMD Opteron 6380 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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), 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).

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5

AMD Opteron 6380

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2111 vs 1133

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2111 vs 1133

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6380

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12377 vs 5982

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12377 vs 5982

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6380

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2111

1133

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5982

12377

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	AMD Opteron 6380
PassMark - Single thread mark	2111	1133
PassMark - CPU mark	5982	12377
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	896
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2945
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	40.448

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5	AMD Opteron 6380
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q4'15	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1753	1762
Processor Number	E3-1225V5
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,150
OPN Tray		OS6380WKTGGHK
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		33.00
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.30 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of threads	4	16
VID voltage range	0.55V-1.52V
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x191D
Graphics base frequency	400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	64 GB
Processor graphics	Intel® HD Graphics P530
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)