Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 vs AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 and AMD Opteron 3320 EE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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).

Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2073 vs 774
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6954 vs 2675

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark	6954 vs 2675

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3320 EE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

774

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6954

2675

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD Opteron 3320 EE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	774
PassMark - CPU mark	6954	2675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	29.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	442.578
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.686

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD Opteron 3320 EE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Delhi
Launch date	Q2'15	2012
Place in performance rating	440	2411
Processor Number	E3-1265LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS3320SJW4KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	4
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Maximum core temperature		70°C
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1400 MHz
Graphics
eDRAM	128 MB
Execution Units	48
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	32 GB
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013B
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)