Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs AMD Opteron 4334

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 and AMD Opteron 4334 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
  • 14 more threads: 20 vs 6
  • Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 82°C vs 67.70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1575 vs 1208
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19200 vs 6099
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 6
Number of threads 20 vs 6
Maximum core temperature 82°C vs 67.70°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 288 KB
L3 cache 25600 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1575 vs 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 19200 vs 6099

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4334

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • 2.4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4334

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1575
1208
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19200
6099
Name Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 AMD Opteron 4334
PassMark - Single thread mark 1575 1208
PassMark - CPU mark 19200 6099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 546
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 70.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.303

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 AMD Opteron 4334

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Seoul
Launch date September 2013 n/d
Launch price (MSRP) $927
Place in performance rating 1934 1906
Price now $489
Processor Number E5-2670V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 9.03
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4334WLU6KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 288 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 6 MB
L3 cache 25600 KB (shared) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 82°C 67.70°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 10 6
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 6
Transistor count 1400 million 1200 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)

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™)