Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 vs AMD Opteron X3216

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 and AMD Opteron X3216 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics API support. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

AMD Opteron X3216

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron X3216

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3	AMD Opteron X3216
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		875
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2315
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2315

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3	AMD Opteron X3216
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Toronto
Launch date	8 Sep 2014	Q2'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$255
Place in performance rating	2156	1992
Processor Number	E5-1607V3
Series	Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.10 GHz	1600 MHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	10 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	66°C
Number of cores	4	2
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	4	2
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Maximum frequency		3000 MHz
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1333/1600/1866	DDR4-1600
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	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
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™)
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		4
Processor graphics		Radeon R7 Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics API support
DirectX		12