AMD Opteron 4226 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4226 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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 4226

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 69.1°C
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C vs 69.1°C
L1 cache 288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1220

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1525 vs 1157
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3847 vs 3400
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1525 vs 1157
PassMark - CPU mark 3847 vs 3400

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4226
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1220

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1157
1525
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3400
3847
Name AMD Opteron 4226 Intel Xeon E3-1220
PassMark - Single thread mark 1157 1525
PassMark - CPU mark 3400 3847
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 653
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2169

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4226 Intel Xeon E3-1220

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4226WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating 2029 2039
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $395
Price now $190
Processor Number E3-1220
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.42

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 69.1°C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
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)