Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6234

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 and AMD Opteron 6234 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 E3-1231 v3

  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2149 vs 887
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2149 vs 887

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6234

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8644 vs 7048
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8644 vs 7048

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6234

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2149
887
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7048
8644
Name Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 AMD Opteron 6234
PassMark - Single thread mark 2149 887
PassMark - CPU mark 7048 8644
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 891
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3386
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2290
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 78.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.089

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 AMD Opteron 6234

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q2'14
Place in performance rating 2145 2152
Processor Number E3-1231V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6234WKTCGGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 12
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C
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Memory

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

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 115 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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)