Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 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, 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 E3-1241 v3

AMD Opteron 6168

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3

Around 105% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2177 vs 845

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2177 vs 845

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15745 vs 7145

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	15745 vs 7145

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2177

845

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7145

15745

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3	AMD Opteron 6168
PassMark - Single thread mark	2177	845
PassMark - CPU mark	7145	15745
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	919
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	90.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.201

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3	AMD Opteron 6168
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Magny-Cours
Launch date	Q2'14	March 2010
Place in performance rating	2061	2039
Processor Number	E3-1241V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8
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 bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013D
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)