AMD Opteron 3280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3280 and Intel Xeon E5-2470 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 3280

Intel Xeon E5-2470

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
4x 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

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 78 °C vs 61.10°C
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1410 vs 1036
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14464 vs 3723

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	78 °C vs 61.10°C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1410 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark	14464 vs 3723

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1036

1410

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3723

14464

Name	AMD Opteron 3280	Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark	1036	1410
PassMark - CPU mark	3723	14464
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7007

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3280	Intel Xeon E5-2470
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN PIB	OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray	OS3280OLW8KGU
Place in performance rating	1373	1388
Series	AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date		May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,480
Price now		$316.72
Processor Number		E5-2470
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		9.36
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	61.10°C	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	8	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM3+	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 42.5 mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)