Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 66.2°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2012 vs 1297

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	66.2°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2012 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 6993

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12761 vs 6993

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2012

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6993

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2012	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	6993	12761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	831
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3526

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q3'14	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1569	1607
Processor Number	E5-1620V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,408
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		21.11
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	66.2°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.5 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		315 mm
L1 cache		48 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	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	140 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™)