Intel Xeon E5-2609 vs AMD Opteron 254

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 and AMD Opteron 254 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2609

AMD Opteron 254

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 15% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 92 Watt
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1147 vs 578
13x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5860 vs 451

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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 92 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1147 vs 578
PassMark - CPU mark	5860 vs 451

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 254

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 254

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1147

578

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5860

451

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2609	AMD Opteron 254
PassMark - Single thread mark	1147	578
PassMark - CPU mark	5860	451
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 254
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EP	Troy
Launch date	March 2012	August 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$143
Place in performance rating	2714	2785
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
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
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
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	92 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection 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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)