Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6278

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 and AMD Opteron 6278 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

AMD Opteron 6278

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2049 vs 1007

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2013 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2049 vs 1007

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6278

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13733 vs 9330

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	13733 vs 9330

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6278

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2049

1007

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9330

13733

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2	AMD Opteron 6278
PassMark - Single thread mark	2049	1007
PassMark - CPU mark	9330	13733
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	783
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4838
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	67.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	8.992

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2	AMD Opteron 6278
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Interlagos
Launch date	September 2013	May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$917
Place in performance rating	1879	1862
Price now	$644.95
Processor Number	E5-1650V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	5.81
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6278WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Die size	160 mm	316 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	12	16
Transistor count	1400 million	2400 million
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	256 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	115 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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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™)