Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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).

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2101 vs 1297

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2013 vs November 2012
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 48 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2101 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
10.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 10268

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12761 vs 10268

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2101

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10268

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2101	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	10268	12761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	816
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.593

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	September 2013	November 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,809	$2,408
Place in performance rating	1526	1607
Price now	$1,808.95	$149.99
Processor Number	E5-1660V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	2.23	21.11
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.70 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Die size	160 mm	315 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	48 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.5 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	140 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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)