Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6272

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 and AMD Opteron 6272 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E5-2680 v2

AMD Opteron 6272

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3 GHz
Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 56% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1786 vs 966
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21242 vs 9239

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2013 vs November 2011
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	82°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1786 vs 966
PassMark - CPU mark	21242 vs 9239

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6272

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
6.4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1356 vs 660
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6923 vs 6091

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1356 vs 660
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6923 vs 6091

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6272

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1786

966

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21242

9239

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

660

1356

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

6091

6923

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2	AMD Opteron 6272
PassMark - Single thread mark	1786	966
PassMark - CPU mark	21242	9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	660	1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6091	6923
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	14639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	68.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.09

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2	AMD Opteron 6272
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Interlagos
Launch date	September 2013	November 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,260	$325
Place in performance rating	1430	1603
Price now	$401.11	$658.89
Processor Number	E5-2680V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	11.60	3.02
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6272WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	160 mm	316 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	82°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	16
Transistor count	1400 million	2400 million
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S Only
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® 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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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™)