AMD Opteron 4274 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2680

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4274 HE and Intel Xeon E5-2680 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4274 HE

  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 25% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 68°C
  • Around 33% 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 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1557 vs 1060
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15773 vs 5776
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 85°C vs 68°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1557 vs 1060
PassMark - CPU mark 15773 vs 5776

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4274 HE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1060
1557
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5776
15773
Name AMD Opteron 4274 HE Intel Xeon E5-2680
PassMark - Single thread mark 1060 1557
PassMark - CPU mark 5776 15773
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.784
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4274 HE Intel Xeon E5-2680

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4274OFU8KGU
Place in performance rating 2072 2085
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $240
Price now $111.84
Processor Number E5-2680
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 33.28

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 68°C 85°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 8GT / s
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

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 384 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

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® 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® 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)