AMD Opteron 2419 EE vs Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 2419 EE and Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 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.

AMD Opteron 2419 EE

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 2419 EE

341.3x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 768 GB
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 77.7°C vs 68 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
3.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1486 vs 396
5.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10525 vs 1902

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	77.7°C vs 68 °C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1486 vs 396
PassMark - CPU mark	10525 vs 1902

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 2419 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

396

1486

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1902

10525

Name	AMD Opteron 2419 EE	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	396	1486
PassMark - CPU mark	1902	10525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 2419 EE	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Haswell
Launch date	31 Aug 2009	Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$989
Place in performance rating	2980	1407
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-4620V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.8 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	77.7°C
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	6	20
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum frequency		2.60 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	256 TB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Sockets supported	Fr6 (LGA 1207)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)