AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 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 E7-8860 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 757

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129 vs 757

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22737 vs 7279

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22737 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

757

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

22737

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	757
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	22737

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Broadwell
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1962	1929
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q2'16
Processor Number		E7-8860V4
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	16	18
Number of threads	16	36
Unlocked
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		75°C
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Maximum memory size		3 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	8
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)