Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 and AMD Opteron 3320 EE 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 E5-1620 v2

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 56% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2022 vs 774
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6547 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2022 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 6547 vs 2675

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date 2012 vs September 2013
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3320 EE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2022
774
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6547
2675
Name Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 AMD Opteron 3320 EE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2022 774
PassMark - CPU mark 6547 2675
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 771
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 86.752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.181

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Delhi
Launch date September 2013 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $315
Place in performance rating 2281 2515
Price now $329
Processor Number E5-1620V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 8.46
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.70 GHz 1.9 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 192 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 4
Transistor count 1400 million 1200 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 256 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1400 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 25 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

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™)