AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Opteron 1389

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8192x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 32 GB

L1 cache	512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 32 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2080 vs 1102
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6818 vs 2079

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2013 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2080 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark	6818 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1102

2080

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2079

6818

Name	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102	2080
PassMark - CPU mark	2079	6818
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3280
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		83.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.897

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Haswell
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$264
Place in performance rating	2143	2106
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$261.66
Processor Number		E3-1230 v3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.50
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	3.30 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	22 nm
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		160 mm
Maximum frequency		3.70 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
Graphics
Processor graphics		None
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)