Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6366 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 and AMD Opteron 6366 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 6366 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 66°C vs 65°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm

Launch date	8 Sep 2014 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature	66°C vs 65°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6366 HE

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 60% 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	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
L1 cache	768 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 10 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6366 HE

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3	AMD Opteron 6366 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		1167
PassMark - CPU mark		10265

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3	AMD Opteron 6366 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	8 Sep 2014	November 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$255
Place in performance rating	2156	1697
Processor Number	E5-1607V3
Series	Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6366VATGGHK
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		11.05
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.10 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s
L1 cache	256 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	10 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	66°C	65°C
Number of cores	4	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	4	16
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Die size		315 mm
Maximum frequency		3.1 GHz
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1333/1600/1866	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1800 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
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™)