Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2603 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 71°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt

Launch date	September 2013 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature	71°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)	80 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 94% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
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 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1297 vs 991
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 5017

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1297 vs 991
PassMark - CPU mark	12761 vs 5017

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

991

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5017

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	991	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	5017	12761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5459

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	September 2013	November 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$240	$2,408
Place in performance rating	1519	1607
Price now	$39.09	$149.99
Processor Number	E5-2603V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	28.38	21.11
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 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	10240 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	71°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	1.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	4	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	42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	140 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S 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™)