Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 and AMD Opteron 6284 SE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2080 vs 857
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2013 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2080 vs 857

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6284 SE

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10619 vs 6818
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10619 vs 6818

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6284 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2080
857
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6818
10619
Name Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 AMD Opteron 6284 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2080 857
PassMark - CPU mark 6818 10619
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3280
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 83.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.897

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Interlagos
Launch date June 2013 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $264
Place in performance rating 2106 2123
Price now $261.66
Processor Number E3-1230 v3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.50
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6284YETGGGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz 2.7 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm 316 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 1400 million 2400 million
Maximum core temperature 64.40°C
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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

Processor graphics None

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 140 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
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™)