Intel Xeon E7-4807 vs AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4807 and AMD Opteron 6180 SE 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, 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 E7-4807

AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4807

Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 64°C
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 64°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6180 SE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6

Number of cores	12 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4807
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6180 SE

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 6180 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	721
PassMark - CPU mark	6223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		27.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.522
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		20.331

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 6180 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX
Launch date	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	2428	2759
Processor Number	E7-4807
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6180YETCEGO
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.86 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	64°C
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	12
L1 cache		1536 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		12 MB
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Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory size	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 800 MHz)	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1800 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	LGA1567	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	140 Watt
Peripherals
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)