Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 and AMD Opteron 6180 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), 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 E5-2603 v3

AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3

Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 72.8°C vs 64°C
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	72.8°C vs 64°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6180 SE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
6 more threads: 12 vs 6

Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	12 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3	AMD Opteron 6180 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	911
PassMark - CPU mark	6851
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	410
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		27.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.522
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		20.331

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3	AMD Opteron 6180 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	2489	2765
Processor Number	E5-2603V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6180YETCEGO
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.8°C	64°C
Number of cores	6	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	6	12
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		1536 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		12 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1800 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	140 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)