Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 vs AMD Opteron 4334

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 and AMD Opteron 4334 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 E5-1650 v2

  • 6 more threads: 12 vs 6
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 67.70°C
  • 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 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2052 vs 1208
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9324 vs 6099
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 12 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 70°C vs 67.70°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2052 vs 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 9324 vs 6099

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4334

  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4334

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2052
1208
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9324
6099
Name Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 AMD Opteron 4334
PassMark - Single thread mark 2052 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 9324 6099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 783
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4838
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 67.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.992

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 AMD Opteron 4334

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Seoul
Launch date September 2013 n/d
Launch price (MSRP) $917
Place in performance rating 1888 1905
Price now $644.95
Processor Number E5-1650V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 5.81
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4334WLU6KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.50 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 288 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 6 MB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70°C 67.70°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 12 6
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 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 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 95 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™)