AMD Opteron 4226 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4226 and Intel Xeon E5-2630L 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.

AMD Opteron 4226

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4226

Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 63°C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 63°C
L2 cache	6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2

6 more threads: 12 vs 6
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
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1381 vs 1157
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12414 vs 3400

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 6
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1381 vs 1157
PassMark - CPU mark	12414 vs 3400

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4226
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1157

1381

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3400

12414

Name	AMD Opteron 4226	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1157	1381
PassMark - CPU mark	3400	12414
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		468
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2891

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4226	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4226WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating	2031	2014
Series	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date		September 2013
Processor Number		E5-2630LV2
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	63°C
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of threads	6	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		7.2 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
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	60 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)