Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 vs AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 and AMD Opteron 4332 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3

AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3

2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 80.2°C vs 68°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1944 vs 1285
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11655 vs 5614

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	80.2°C vs 68°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1944 vs 1285
PassMark - CPU mark	11655 vs 5614

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4332 HE

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Number of cores	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4332 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1944

1285

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11655

5614

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3	AMD Opteron 4332 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1944	1285
PassMark - CPU mark	11655	5614
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	775
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3176

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3	AMD Opteron 4332 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Seoul
Launch date	Q3'14	n/d
Place in performance rating	1494	1729
Processor Number	E5-2623V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4332OFU6KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	80.2°C	68°C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	6
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
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	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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™)