AMD Opteron 4226 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4226 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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, 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).

AMD Opteron 4226

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4226

3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 78% 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 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1665 vs 1157
5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17389 vs 3400

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1665 vs 1157
PassMark - CPU mark	17389 vs 3400

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4226
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1157

1665

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3400

17389

Name	AMD Opteron 4226	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1157	1665
PassMark - CPU mark	3400	17389
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		618
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		67.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.875

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4226	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4226WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating	2031	2015
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
Launch price (MSRP)		$650
Price now		$260.56
Processor Number		E5-2650V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		14.78
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	75°C
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	6	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		768 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
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)