Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs AMD Opteron 154

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2689 and AMD Opteron 154 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2689

AMD Opteron 154

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
7 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 1
Around 29% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	6 Mar 2012 vs August 2005
Number of cores	8 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 154

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 104 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	104 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2689
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 154

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2689	AMD Opteron 154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.539
PassMark - Single thread mark		534
PassMark - CPU mark		457

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2689	AMD Opteron 154
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Venus
Launch date	6 Mar 2012	August 2005
Place in performance rating	2076	2859
Processor Number	E5-2689
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	52°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	1
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16
VID voltage range	0.6V - 1.35V
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		1024 KB
Transistor count		106 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	LGA2011	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	104 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® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)