Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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 E5-2640 v3

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 74.3°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1745 vs 1297
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17425 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	74.3°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1745 vs 1297
PassMark - CPU mark	17425 vs 12761

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1745

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17425

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1745	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	17425	12761
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5657

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q3'14	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1474	1607
Processor Number	E5-2640V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,408
OPN Tray		OS6386YETGGHK
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		21.11
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	74.3°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	16
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		48 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		2400 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	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	140 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™)