Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6376

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2

  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.60 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1378 vs 1131
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz vs 2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1378 vs 1131

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 7557
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 vs 7557

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6376

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1378
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7557
12278
Name Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2 AMD Opteron 6376
PassMark - Single thread mark 1378 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 7557 12278

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4607 v2 AMD Opteron 6376

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q1'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1667 1774
Processor Number E5-4607V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 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 2.60 GHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 12 16
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
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 42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 4
Package Size 52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 115 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 4S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)