AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4284 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 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 4284

Intel Xeon E5-1660

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 64°C
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8560 vs 8367

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 64°C
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8560 vs 8367

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660

4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1793 vs 1369

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1793 vs 1369

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4284
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1369

1793

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8560

8367

Name	AMD Opteron 4284	Intel Xeon E5-1660
PassMark - Single thread mark	1369	1793
PassMark - CPU mark	8560	8367
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		777
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4774

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4284	Intel Xeon E5-1660
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4284WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating	1642	1601
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)		$290
Price now		$1,226.66
Processor Number		E5-1660
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		2.97
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.30 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	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	64°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	8	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		0 QPI
Die size		435 mm
Number of QPI Links		0
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V - 1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 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		256 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
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)