Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6378

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 and AMD Opteron 6378 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 E5-2609 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 71°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1383 vs 1018
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature 71°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1383 vs 1018

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6378

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 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 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12352 vs 6844
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
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 - CPU mark 12352 vs 6844

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6378

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1383
1018
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6844
12352
Name Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 AMD Opteron 6378
PassMark - Single thread mark 1383 1018
PassMark - CPU mark 6844 12352
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.253

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2 AMD Opteron 6378

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Abu Dhabi
Launch date September 2013 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $396 $396
Place in performance rating 1840 1889
Price now $509.95 $199.99
Processor Number E5-2609V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.97 3.17
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6378WKTGGHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 768 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 69°C
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz 3.3 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
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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 115 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™)