AMD Opteron 3280 vs Intel Xeon E3-1275

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3280 and Intel Xeon E3-1275 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Number of cores 8 vs 4
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1275

  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 61.10°C
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1773 vs 1036
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5516 vs 3723
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C vs 61.10°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1773 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 5516 vs 3723

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1275

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1036
1773
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3723
5516
Name AMD Opteron 3280 Intel Xeon E3-1275
PassMark - Single thread mark 1036 1773
PassMark - CPU mark 3723 5516
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3280 Intel Xeon E3-1275

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3280OLW8KGU
Place in performance rating 1450 1411
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $450
Price now $304
Processor Number E3-1275
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.09

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 61.10°C 72.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P3000

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)