AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220L

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4284 and Intel Xeon E3-1220L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8560 vs 2295
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB vs 3072 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8560 vs 2295

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1220L

  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 77.5°C vs 70.50°C
  • 4.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1604 vs 1369
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 77.5°C vs 70.50°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1604 vs 1369

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4284
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1220L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1369
1604
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8560
2295
Name AMD Opteron 4284 Intel Xeon E3-1220L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1369 1604
PassMark - CPU mark 8560 2295

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4284 Intel Xeon E3-1220L

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4284WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating 1647 1627
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date April 2011
Processor Number E3-1220L
Status Discontinued

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 77.5°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 131 mm
Transistor count 504 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 20 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
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® 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)