Intel Xeon E5-2609 vs AMD Opteron 154
Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 and AMD Opteron 154 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
- CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
- 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 104 Watt
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1151 vs 534
- 12.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5891 vs 457
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | March 2012 vs August 2005 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 1 |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm vs 90 nm |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 vs 1 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 104 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1151 vs 534 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 5891 vs 457 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 154
- Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Maximum frequency | 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 154
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | Intel Xeon E5-2609 | AMD Opteron 154 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1151 | 534 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 5891 | 457 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 484 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1634 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 6.741 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5.911 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.303 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 1.586 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2.75 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 | AMD Opteron 154 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge EP | Venus |
Launch date | March 2012 | August 2005 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $143 | |
Place in performance rating | 2801 | 2941 |
Price now | $78 | |
Processor Number | E5-2609 | |
Series | Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family | |
Status | Discontinued | |
Value for money (0-100) | 17.40 | |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 2.40 GHz | |
Bus Speed | 6.4 GT/s QPI | |
Die size | 294 mm | |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1024 KB |
L3 cache | 10240 KB (shared) | |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 90 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 70.0°C | |
Maximum frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 1 |
Number of QPI Links | 2 | |
Number of threads | 4 | |
Transistor count | 1270 million | 106 million |
VID voltage range | 0.60V-1.35V | |
Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 4 | |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 384 GB | |
Supported memory types | DDR3 800/1066 | |
Compatibility |
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Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | 1 |
Package Size | 52.5mm x 45.0mm | |
Sockets supported | FCLGA2011 | 939 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt | 104 Watt |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 40 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Scalability | 2S Only | |
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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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® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
Thermal Monitoring | ||
Virtualization |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) |