Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 vs AMD Opteron 4284

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 and AMD Opteron 4284 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 E5-2620 v4

AMD Opteron 4284

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 74°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1700 vs 1369
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15931 vs 8560

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	74°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark	15931 vs 8560

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4284

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1700

1369

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15931

8560

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4	AMD Opteron 4284
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700	1369
PassMark - CPU mark	15931	8560
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	643
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4621

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4	AMD Opteron 4284
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1602	1648
Processor Number	E5-2620V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4284WLU8KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	74°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	8
VID voltage range	0
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	95 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)