Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 and AMD Opteron 6348 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 v4

  • 8 more threads: 20 vs 12
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1849 vs 1344
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20908 vs 13470
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 20 vs 12
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1849 vs 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 20908 vs 13470

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
Number of cores 12 vs 10
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1849
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
20908
13470
Name Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 1849 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 20908 13470
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 695
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5464

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 AMD Opteron 6348

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q1'16 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1423 1550
Processor Number E5-2640V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6348WKTCGHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 10 12
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 12
VID voltage range 0
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Transistor count 2400 million
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 4
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 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
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™)