AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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).

AMD Opteron 6281

Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7279 vs 7270

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2210 vs 1129

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2210 vs 1129

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

2210

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

7270

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	2210
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	7270
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		918
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		129.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		45.851

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Haswell
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1837	1594
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q2'14
Processor Number		E3-1246V3
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	3.50 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	8
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Execution Units		20
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2
OpenGL		4.3
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)