Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6128 HE
Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 and AMD Opteron 6128 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
- CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 66°C vs 55°C
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Launch date | 8 Sep 2014 vs 29 Mar 2010 |
Maximum core temperature | 66°C vs 55°C |
Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm vs 45 nm |
Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6128 HE
- 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
- 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
- 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 20% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Number of cores | 8 vs 4 |
Number of threads | 8 vs 4 |
L1 cache | 1 MB vs 256 KB |
L2 cache | 4 MB vs 1 MB |
L3 cache | 12 MB vs 10 MB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 85 Watt vs 140 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6128 HE
Name | Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 | AMD Opteron 6128 HE |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 8.386 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 91.366 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.545 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 1.929 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 42.254 | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 883 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 6339 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 | AMD Opteron 6128 HE | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Haswell | Maranello |
Launch date | 8 Sep 2014 | 29 Mar 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $255 | $523 |
Place in performance rating | 2227 | 2236 |
Processor Number | E5-1607V3 | |
Series | Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family | AMD Opteron 6100 series |
Status | Launched | |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Family | AMD Opteron | |
OPN Tray | OS6128VAT8EGO | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 3.10 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
Bus Speed | 0 GT/s | |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 1 MB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB |
L3 cache | 10 MB | 12 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 66°C | 55°C |
Number of cores | 4 | 8 |
Number of QPI Links | 0 | |
Number of threads | 4 | 8 |
VID voltage range | 0.65–1.30V | |
Die size | 346 mm | |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 66 °C | |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz | |
Transistor count | 1808 million | |
Unlocked | ||
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 4 | 4 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 59 GB/s | 42.7 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 768 GB | |
Supported memory types | DDR4 1333/1600/1866 | DDR2-1066, DDR3-1333, LV DDR3-1066 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Package Size | 52.5mm x 45.0 mm | |
Sockets supported | FCLGA2011-3 | G34 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 140 Watt | 85 Watt |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
PCIe configurations | x4, x8, x16 | |
Scalability | 1S Only | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® OS Guard | ||
Intel® Secure Key technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology | ||
Idle States | ||
Instruction set extensions | Intel AVX2 | |
Intel 64 | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Intel® Demand Based Switching | ||
Intel® Flex Memory Access | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) | 46-bit | |
Thermal Monitoring | ||
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Virtualization |
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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™) |