Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 and AMD Opteron 6348 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3

  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 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
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2275 vs 1344
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2275 vs 1344

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13470 vs 7510
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 13470 vs 7510

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2275
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7510
13470
Name Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 2275 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 7510 13470
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 965
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3597

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 AMD Opteron 6348

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q2'14 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1416 1550
Processor Number E3-1271V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6348WKTCGHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.60 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 12
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C
Transistor count 2400 million
Unlocked

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 4
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® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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™)