AMD Opteron 3280 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3280 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 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 E7-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
3.2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 61.10°C
Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1110 vs 1036
7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 3723

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 61.10°C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	30720 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1110 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark	25895 vs 3723

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1036

1110

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3723

25895

Name	AMD Opteron 3280	Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1036	1110
PassMark - CPU mark	3723	25895
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7007

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3280	Intel Xeon E7-8870
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN PIB	OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray	OS3280OLW8KGU
Place in performance rating	1450	1439
Series	AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Westmere EX
Launch date		April 2011
Processor Number		E7-8870
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	61.10°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	8	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		513 mm
Transistor count		2600 million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory size		4 TB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM3+	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Peripherals
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
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)