Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 and AMD Opteron 6282 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 v3

AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3

Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 72.8°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 925 vs 517

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	72.8°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	925 vs 517

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6282 SE

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7130 vs 6900

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7130 vs 6900

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6282 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

925

517

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6900

7130

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	925	517
PassMark - CPU mark	6900	7130
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	410
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2164

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q3'14	November 2011
Place in performance rating	2444	2680
Processor Number	E5-2603V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,090
OPN Tray		OS6282YETGGGU
Price now		$129.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.65
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.8°C	64.40°C
Number of cores	6	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	6	16
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum frequency		3.3 GHz
Transistor count		2400 million
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		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	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
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™)