Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6344

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 and AMD Opteron 6344 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 E5-2603 v4

AMD Opteron 6344

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 70.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 672

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	73°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1081 vs 672

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6344

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
6 more threads: 12 vs 6
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9023 vs 7994

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	12 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9023 vs 7994

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6344

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1081

672

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7994

9023

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4	AMD Opteron 6344
PassMark - Single thread mark	1081	672
PassMark - CPU mark	7994	9023
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	471
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2370

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4	AMD Opteron 6344
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	2306	2442
Processor Number	E5-2603V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6344WKTCGHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C	70.40°C
Number of cores	6	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	6	12
VID voltage range	0
L1 cache		576 KB
L2 cache		12 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum frequency		2 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	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 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)