AMD Opteron 3365 vs Intel Xeon E5-4640

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3365 and Intel Xeon E5-4640 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

  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.80 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 3.3 GHz vs 2.80 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 E5-4640

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • 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 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1392 vs 1132
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21374 vs 4105
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1392 vs 1132
PassMark - CPU mark 21374 vs 4105

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3365
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1132
1392
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4105
21374
Name AMD Opteron 3365 Intel Xeon E5-4640
PassMark - Single thread mark 1132 1392
PassMark - CPU mark 4105 21374
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6931

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3365 Intel Xeon E5-4640

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3365OLW8KHK
Place in performance rating 1346 1328
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $2,730
Price now $2,730
Processor Number E5-4640
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 1.14

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.40 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 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.30°C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 4S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)