Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6378

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and AMD Opteron 6378 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2381 vs 1065
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2381 vs 1065

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6378

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13236 vs 11430
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 13236 vs 11430

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6378

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2381
1065
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11430
13236
Name Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 AMD Opteron 6378
PassMark - Single thread mark 2381 1065
PassMark - CPU mark 11430 13236
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 945
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 74.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.096

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 AMD Opteron 6378

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q2'16 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1782 1807
Processor Number E5-1650V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $396
OPN Tray OS6378WKTGGHK
Price now $199.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.17

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.60 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 12 16
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 2400 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 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® AVX2
Intel 64
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
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™)