AMD Opteron 3365 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3365 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3365

  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2048 vs 750
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6931 vs 6437
Specifications (specs)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2048 vs 750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6931 vs 6437

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 72°C vs 70.30°C
  • 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
  • 2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1990 vs 1132
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20631 vs 4105
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1990 vs 1132
PassMark - CPU mark 20631 vs 4105

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3365
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1132
1990
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4105
20631
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2048
750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6931
6437
Name AMD Opteron 3365 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1132 1990
PassMark - CPU mark 4105 20631
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2048 750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6931 6437

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3365 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3365OLW8KHK
Place in performance rating 1344 1310
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $1,605
Price now $2,104.47
Processor Number E5-2687WV2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.31

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 3.40 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 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.30°C 72°C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 256 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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)