Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 and AMD Opteron 4386 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 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
4.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2073 vs 494
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6954 vs 5419

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark	6954 vs 5419

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.30 GHz

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

494

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6954

5419

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD Opteron 4386
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	494
PassMark - CPU mark	6954	5419
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 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Seoul
Launch date	Q2'15	n/d
Place in performance rating	445	2678
Processor Number	E3-1265LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	8
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Maximum core temperature		70.50°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		2200 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	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	95 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™)