Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 vs AMD Opteron 4226

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 and AMD Opteron 4226 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, 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 E3-1241 v3

  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2173 vs 1157
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7140 vs 3400
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2173 vs 1157
PassMark - CPU mark 7140 vs 3400

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4226

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
Number of cores 6 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4226

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2173
1157
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7140
3400
Name Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 AMD Opteron 4226
PassMark - Single thread mark 2173 1157
PassMark - CPU mark 7140 3400
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 919
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 90.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.201

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 AMD Opteron 4226

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q2'14
Place in performance rating 2045 2031
Processor Number E3-1241V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4226WLU6KGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz 2.7 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 6
L1 cache 288 KB
L2 cache 6 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum core temperature 70.50°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 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 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
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® 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)