Opteron 154 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking694not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.95no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency8.79no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Venus (2004−2005)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2 August 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads281
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache448 KB128 KB
L2 cache3.5 MB1 MB
L3 cache35 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die size306.18 mm2115 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Million114 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA2011939
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR1
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Opteron 154.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 17715
+3776%
Opteron 154 457

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 2 August 2005
Physical cores 14 1
Threads 28 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 104 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has an age advantage of 10 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Opteron 154, on the other hand, has 15.4% lower power consumption.

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