Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 and AMD Opteron 6168 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

AMD Opteron 6168

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 105% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Launch date	10 September 2013 vs March 2010
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	25 MB vs 12288 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
36x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Number of cores	12 vs 8
L1 cache	768 KB (shared) vs 512 KB
L2 cache	6144 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2	AMD Opteron 6168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	11.267
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	8619
PassMark - Single thread mark		845
PassMark - CPU mark		15745

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2	AMD Opteron 6168
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Magny-Cours
Launch date	10 September 2013	March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1723
Place in performance rating	1848	1863
Processor Number	E5-1680V2
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	512 KB	768 KB (shared)
L2 cache	2 MB	6144 KB (per core)
L3 cache	25 MB	12288 KB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	85 °C	69 °C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	16
Operating Temperature Range	5°C - 85°C
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Die size		346 mm
Transistor count		1800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	256 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)