Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6376

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and AMD Opteron 6376 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 E5-2680 v3

  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 65% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 84.5°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1768 vs 1131
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24248 vs 12278
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 84.5°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 vs 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 24248 vs 12278

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 120 Watt
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6376

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1768
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
24248
12278
Name Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 AMD Opteron 6376
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 24248 12278
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 713
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 78.362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.027

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 AMD Opteron 6376

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q3'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1714 1774
Processor Number E5-2680V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $750
OPN Tray OS6376WKTGGHK
Price now $65
Value for money (0-100) 42.66

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 84.5°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 12 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 24 16
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 2400 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133 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 FCLGA2011-3 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)