Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6238

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4 and AMD Opteron 6238 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 6238

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2623 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 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1456 vs 1076
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8753 vs 8206

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	1456 vs 1076
PassMark - CPU mark	8753 vs 8206

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
4 more threads: 12 vs 8

Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6238

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1456

1076

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8753

8206

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 6238
PassMark - Single thread mark	1456	1076
PassMark - CPU mark	8753	8206
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	616
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3153

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4	AMD Opteron 6238
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1953	2000
Processor Number	E5-2623V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6238WKTCGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C	70.40°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	12
VID voltage range	0
L1 cache		576 KB
L2 cache		12 MB
L3 cache		16 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	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)