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).

 

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: 6197 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 6197 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
6197
Name AMD Opteron 3320 EE Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 774 1989
PassMark - CPU mark 2675 6197
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)