Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 vs AMD Opteron 4226

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 and AMD Opteron 4226 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 v4

AMD Opteron 4226

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4

2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 73°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 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1409 vs 1157
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8506 vs 3400

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature	73°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	1409 vs 1157
PassMark - CPU mark	8506 vs 3400

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4226

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4

Number of cores	6 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4226

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1409

1157

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8506

3400

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 4226
PassMark - Single thread mark	1409	1157
PassMark - CPU mark	8506	3400
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	616
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3153

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 4226
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1875	1949
Processor Number	E5-2623V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4226WLU6KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	6
VID voltage range	0
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 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		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	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)