Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 vs AMD Opteron 3260 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 and AMD Opteron 3260 HE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 61.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 900
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7992 vs 2283
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 73°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1081 vs 900
PassMark - CPU mark 7992 vs 2283

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3260 HE

  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 85 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3260 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1081
900
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7992
2283
Name Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 AMD Opteron 3260 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1081 900
PassMark - CPU mark 7992 2283
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 471
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2370

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 AMD Opteron 3260 HE

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell
Launch date Q1'16
Place in performance rating 2276 2354
Processor Number E5-2603V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3260HOW4MGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3260HOW4MGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.70 GHz 2.7 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 73°C 61.10°C
Number of cores 6 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 6 4
VID voltage range 0
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

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)