AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4284 and Intel Xeon E5-2637 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 4284

Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

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
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Number of cores	8 vs 4
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.7 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 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1917 vs 1369
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12040 vs 8560

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	10240 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1917 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark	12040 vs 8560

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4284
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1369

1917

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8560

12040

Name	AMD Opteron 4284	Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1369	1917
PassMark - CPU mark	8560	12040
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		748
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3176

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4284	Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4284WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating	1648	1606
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)		$1,090
Price now		$709
Processor Number		E5-2637V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		3.91
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.50 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	76°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
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	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
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)