AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4280 and Intel Xeon E5-2420 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.

AMD Opteron 4280

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 6
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1352 vs 1141
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11745 vs 4504

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1352 vs 1141
PassMark - CPU mark	11745 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1141

1352

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4504

11745

Name	AMD Opteron 4280	Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1141	1352
PassMark - CPU mark	4504	11745
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		561
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3249

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4280	Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4280WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating	2032	1992
Series	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date		September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$480
Price now		$579.95
Processor Number		E5-2420V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		4.38
Performance
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	76°C
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.70 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	8	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		7.2 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
Number of QPI Links		1
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
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
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
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)