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).

 

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 925
PassMark - CPU mark 6900
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 2444 2759
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)