Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 vs AMD Opteron 4280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 and AMD Opteron 4280 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5

  • Around 73% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2196 vs 1141
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7930 vs 4504
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2196 vs 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 7930 vs 4504

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Number of cores 8 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4280

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2196
1141
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7930
4504
Name Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 AMD Opteron 4280
PassMark - Single thread mark 2196 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 7930 4504
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 948
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 91.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.136

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 AMD Opteron 4280

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date Q4'15
Place in performance rating 1998 2008
Processor Number E3-1230V5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4280WLU8KGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 8
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 0

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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