AMD Opteron 1389 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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.

AMD Opteron 1389

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

170.7x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 1.5 TB

Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 1.5 TB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1702 vs 1102
7.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15940 vs 2079

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark	15940 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1102

1702

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2079

15940

Name	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1102	1702
PassMark - CPU mark	2079	15940
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		643
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4621

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1389	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Broadwell
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	2045	1508
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2620V4
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		74°C
Maximum frequency		3.00 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)