AMD Opteron 4238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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 4238

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
L2 cache	6 MB vs 3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
18 more threads: 24 vs 6
Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1712 vs 1313
3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22851 vs 7236

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	86°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 288 KB
L3 cache	30 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1712 vs 1313
PassMark - CPU mark	22851 vs 7236

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1313

1712

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7236

22851

Name	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313	1712
PassMark - CPU mark	7236	22851
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		75.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		14.769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4238	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4238WLU6KGU
Place in performance rating	1744	1709
Series	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date		10 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,723
Price now		$2,235.02
Processor Number		E5-2697V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		2.30
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	288 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	86°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	6	24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)		8GT / s
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 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	130 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)