Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 vs AMD Opteron 4334

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 and AMD Opteron 4334 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2010 vs 1208
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2010 vs 1208

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4334

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6099 vs 5301
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
L1 cache 288 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 6099 vs 5301

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4334

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2010
1208
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5301
6099
Name Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 AMD Opteron 4334
PassMark - Single thread mark 2010 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 5301 6099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 758
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 76.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.994
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2348

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 AMD Opteron 4334

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Seoul
Launch date June 2013 n/d
Launch price (MSRP) $384
Place in performance rating 1924 1905
Price now $458.34
Processor Number E3-1225V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.63
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4334WLU6KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.20 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 288 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 6 MB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 4 6
Transistor count 1400 million 1200 million
Maximum core temperature 67.70°C
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P4600

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

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)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)