Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 and AMD Opteron 6262 HE 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 E5-2650 v4

AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 80°C vs 65°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm

Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	80°C vs 65°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6262 HE

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt

Number of cores	16 vs 12
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6262 HE

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4	AMD Opteron 6262 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1707
PassMark - CPU mark	22929
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	2672
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	8676

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4	AMD Opteron 6262 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q1'16	November 2011
Place in performance rating	841	not rated
Processor Number	E5-2650V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6262VATGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	80°C	65°C
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	12	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	16
VID voltage range	0
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		69 °C
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1800 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	85 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™)