Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6278

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 and AMD Opteron 6278 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 6278

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 70.9°C vs 69°C
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 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1110 vs 1007

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	70.9°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1110 vs 1007

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6278

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13733 vs 8595

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	13733 vs 8595

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6278

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1110

1007

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8595

13733

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3	AMD Opteron 6278
PassMark - Single thread mark	1110	1007
PassMark - CPU mark	8595	13733
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 6278
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q3'14	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1713	1767
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		OS6278WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.9°C	69°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	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
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™)