Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6376

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 and AMD Opteron 6376 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

  • Around 95% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2214 vs 1131
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2214 vs 1131

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 7284
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 vs 7284

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6376

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2214
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7284
12278
Name Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 AMD Opteron 6376
PassMark - Single thread mark 2214 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 7284 12278
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 918
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 129.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 45.851

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 AMD Opteron 6376

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q2'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1668 1774
Processor Number E3-1246V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $750
OPN Tray OS6376WKTGGHK
Price now $65
Value for money (0-100) 42.66

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 16
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 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 20
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 2880x1800@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 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® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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™)