Intel Xeon W-2150B vs AMD Opteron 6278

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2150B and AMD Opteron 6278 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 6278

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2150B

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 36% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm

Launch date	5 June 2017 vs May 2012
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6278

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 16% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	16 vs 10
L1 cache	768 KB vs 640 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 10 MB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 13.75 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2150B
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6278

Name	Intel Xeon W-2150B	AMD Opteron 6278
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		1007
PassMark - CPU mark		13733

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon W-2150B	AMD Opteron 6278
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake W	Interlagos
Family	Xeon W	AMD Opteron
Launch date	5 June 2017	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1892	1925
Processor Number	W-2150B
Series	W-2000	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Vertical segment	Server	Server
OPN Tray		OS6278WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.0 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	640 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	10 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of threads	20	16
Die size		316 mm
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Transistor count		2400 million
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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
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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™)