AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E7-4870

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E7-4870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 6281

Intel Xeon E7-4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 1054

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129 vs 1054

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4870

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11939 vs 7279

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11939 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

1054

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

11939

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E7-4870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	1054
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	11939

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E7-4870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Westmere EX
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1929	1859
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q2'11
Processor Number		E7-4870
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	16	10
Number of threads	16	20
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Maximum memory size		2 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	4
Sockets supported	G34	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)
Peripherals
Scalability		S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)