Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 vs AMD Opteron 6274

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 and AMD Opteron 6274 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 23% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2198 vs 974
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2198 vs 974

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10313 vs 7956
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10313 vs 7956

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6274

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2198
974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7956
10313
Name Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark 2198 974
PassMark - CPU mark 7956 10313
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 6274

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Interlagos
Launch date Q4'15 November 2011
Place in performance rating 1989 2001
Processor Number E3-1230V5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $909
OPN Tray OS6274WKTGGGU
Price now $210
Value for money (0-100) 6.82

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 2.2 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 8 16
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V
Die size 316 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 69°C
Transistor count 2400 million
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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 2000 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 2
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 115 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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

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™)