AMD FX-6100 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD FX-6100/6200 Intel Xeon E5 v2
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Xeon E5
• Generation
  1 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.9 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 and AMD FX-6100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  - 40
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-6100 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-6100 and Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Zambezi (Bulldozer) Ivy Bridge EP
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 10 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q3/2013
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 2011
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d