AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4280 and Intel Xeon E3-1240 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 4
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

  • Around 73% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.2 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 78% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2034 vs 1141
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6360 vs 4504
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2034 vs 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 6360 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1141
2034
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4504
6360
Name AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1141 2034
PassMark - CPU mark 4504 6360
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 746
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4280WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating 2008 1971
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) $304
Price now $539.95
Processor Number E3-1240V2
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 4.98

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 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 2.2 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 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
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)