Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6220

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 and AMD Opteron 6220 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

AMD Opteron 6220

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8554 vs 7951

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8554 vs 7951

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6220

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 70.9°C
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1235 vs 1110

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	71.70°C vs 70.9°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1235 vs 1110

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6220

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1110

1235

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8554

7951

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3	AMD Opteron 6220
PassMark - Single thread mark	1110	1235
PassMark - CPU mark	8554	7951
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	2216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	9427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	32.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	31.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.42

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3	AMD Opteron 6220
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1803	1829
Processor Number	E5-2609V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6220WKT8GGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.9°C	71.70°C
Number of cores	6	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	6	8
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum frequency		3.6 GHz
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
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 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)