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).

 

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 2431 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)