Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs AMD Opteron 3280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 and AMD Opteron 3280 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 74.3°C vs 61.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1751 vs 1036
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17496 vs 3723
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 74.3°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1751 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 17496 vs 3723

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

  • Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1866 vs 750
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7007 vs 5657
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866 vs 750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007 vs 5657

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3280

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1751
1036
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17496
3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
750
1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
5657
7007
Name Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 AMD Opteron 3280
PassMark - Single thread mark 1751 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 17496 3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 750 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5657 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 AMD Opteron 3280

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1465 1450
Processor Number E5-2640V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3280OLW8KGU

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.60 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 74.3°C 61.10°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 16 8
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
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
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)