Intel Xeon W-2150B vs AMD Opteron 6168

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2150B 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon W-2150B

AMD Opteron 6168

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2150B

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 137% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 15% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Launch date	5 June 2017 vs March 2010
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	13.75 MB vs 12288 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6168

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
7.2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	12 vs 10
L1 cache	768 KB (shared) vs 640 KB
L2 cache	6144 KB (per core) vs 10 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2150B
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6168

Name	Intel Xeon W-2150B	AMD Opteron 6168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	118.786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.598
PassMark - Single thread mark		845
PassMark - CPU mark		15745

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon W-2150B	AMD Opteron 6168
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake W	Magny-Cours
Family	Xeon W
Launch date	5 June 2017	March 2010
Place in performance rating	1832	1863
Processor Number	W-2150B
Series	W-2000
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.0 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	640 KB	768 KB (shared)
L2 cache	10 MB	6144 KB (per core)
L3 cache	13.75 MB	12288 KB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	1.9 GHz
Number of cores	10	12
Number of threads	20
Die size		346 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Transistor count		1800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	79.47 GB/s
Maximum memory size	512 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FCLGA-2066 (R4)	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 1x8, 1x4
Security & Reliability
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)