AMD Opteron 4238 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and Intel Xeon E3-1280 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 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
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7236 vs 6564
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
L1 cache 288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 vs 6564

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2164 vs 1313
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2164 vs 1313

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1313
2164
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7236
6564
Name AMD Opteron 4238 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1313 2164
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 6564
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 852
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.106

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4238 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating 1744 1717
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge
Launch date May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $645
Price now $1,512.82
Processor Number E3-1280V2
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 1.84

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.60 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 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32.77 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 69 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16 & 1x4, 2x8 & 1x4 or 1x8 & 3x4

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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® TSX-NI
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)