Intel Xeon W3503 vs AMD Opteron 150

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W3503 and AMD Opteron 150 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, 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 W3503

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1025 vs 471
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1118 vs 393
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2009 vs August 2005
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1025 vs 471
PassMark - CPU mark 1118 vs 393

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 150

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W3503
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 150

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1025
471
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1118
393
Name Intel Xeon W3503 AMD Opteron 150
PassMark - Single thread mark 1025 471
PassMark - CPU mark 1118 393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 24.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.753

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W3503 AMD Opteron 150

Essentials

Architecture codename Bloomfield Venus
Launch date March 2009 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $65
Place in performance rating 3143 3043
Price now $16.22
Value for money (0-100) 31.88
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 263 mm 193 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 731 million 106 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported 1366 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 85 Watt

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)