Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6272

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 and AMD Opteron 6272 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.

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

AMD Opteron 6272

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2012 vs 966

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2012 vs 966

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6272

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 66.2°C
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9239 vs 6993
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1356 vs 831
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6923 vs 3526

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 66.2°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9239 vs 6993
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1356 vs 831
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6923 vs 3526

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6272

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2012

966

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6993

9239

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

831

1356

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3526

6923

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3	AMD Opteron 6272
PassMark - Single thread mark	2012	966
PassMark - CPU mark	6993	9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	831	1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3526	6923

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3	AMD Opteron 6272
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q3'14	November 2011
Place in performance rating	1569	1601
Processor Number	E5-1620V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$325
OPN Tray		OS6272WKTGGGU
Price now		$658.89
Value for money (0-100)		3.02
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	66.2°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	16
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	115 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® AVX2
Intel 64
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)