Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 and AMD Opteron 6168 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4

AMD Opteron 6168

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4

Around 68% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1409 vs 845

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1409 vs 845

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15745 vs 8506

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	15745 vs 8506

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1409

845

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8506

15745

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 6168
PassMark - Single thread mark	1409	845
PassMark - CPU mark	8506	15745
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	616
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3153

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 6168
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Magny-Cours
Launch date	Q1'16	March 2010
Place in performance rating	1960	1957
Processor Number	E5-2623V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8
VID voltage range	0
Die size		346 mm
L1 cache		768 KB (shared)
L2 cache		6144 KB (per core)
L3 cache		12288 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Transistor count		1800 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
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)