Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 and AMD Opteron 6348 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 8 more threads: 20 vs 12
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 11% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 56% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1786 vs 1344
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21242 vs 13470
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs November 2012
Number of threads 20 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 82°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 576 KB
L3 cache 25600 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1786 vs 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 21242 vs 13470

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
  • 4.8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 10
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1786
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21242
13470
Name Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 1786 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 21242 13470
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 660
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6091
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 6348

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Abu Dhabi
Launch date September 2013 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,260
Place in performance rating 1430 1550
Price now $401.11
Processor Number E5-2680V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 11.60
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6348WKTCGHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.80 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 576 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 12 MB
L3 cache 25600 KB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 82°C 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 10 12
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 12
Transistor count 1400 million 2400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
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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 4
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™)