AMD Opteron 3320 EE vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3320 EE and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 65.8°C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 69 Watt

Launch date	2012 vs May 2012
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 65.8°C
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 69 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1989 vs 774
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6198 vs 2675

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1989 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark	6198 vs 2675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3320 EE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

774

1989

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2675

6198

Name	AMD Opteron 3320 EE	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	774	1989
PassMark - CPU mark	2675	6198
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		766
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2984
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		1873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		78.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.824

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 3320 EE	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Delhi	Ivy Bridge
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	2012	May 2012
OPN Tray	OS3320SJW4KHK
Place in performance rating	2515	2261
Series	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$360
Price now		$352.10
Processor Number		E3-1230V2
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		7.41
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.9 GHz	3.30 GHz
Die size	315 mm	160 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	65.8°C
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Transistor count	1200 million	1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32.77 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3+	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	69 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)