Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6376

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 and AMD Opteron 6376 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).

 

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
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

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1131 vs 1110
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 8590
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 - Single thread mark 1131 vs 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 vs 8590

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6376

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1110
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8590
12278
Name Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 AMD Opteron 6376
PassMark - Single thread mark 1110 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 8590 12278
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 6376

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q3'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1785 1774
Processor Number E5-2609V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $750
OPN Tray OS6376WKTGGHK
Price now $65
Value for money (0-100) 42.66

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.90 GHz 2.3 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 315 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum frequency 2 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™)