AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4280 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 55% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 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 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1664 vs 1141
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17389 vs 4504
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 75°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1664 vs 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 17389 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1141
1664
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4504
17389
Name AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1141 1664
PassMark - CPU mark 4504 17389
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 618
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 67.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.875

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4280WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating 2008 2015
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $650
Price now $260.56
Processor Number E5-2650V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.78

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 2.60 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 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 75°C
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
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 95 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)