Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs AMD Opteron 4238

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and AMD Opteron 4238 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, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

AMD Opteron 4238

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

6 more threads: 12 vs 6
Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2378 vs 1313
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11402 vs 7236

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 6
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2378 vs 1313
PassMark - CPU mark	11402 vs 7236

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 69°C
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4238

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2378

1313

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11402

7236

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4	AMD Opteron 4238
PassMark - Single thread mark	2378	1313
PassMark - CPU mark	11402	7236
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	945
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	74.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	7.096

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4	AMD Opteron 4238
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	1788	1772
Processor Number	E5-1650V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4238WLU6KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.60 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	12	6
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 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® 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)