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.

Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

AMD Opteron 6128 HE

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
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
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Maranello
Launch date	8 Sep 2014	29 Mar 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$255	$523
Place in performance rating	2225	2235
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
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
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
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
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
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 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
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™)