Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs AMD Z-60

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and AMD Z-60 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 E5-2670 v3

AMD Z-60

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
Around 210% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 40 nm
5.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1694 vs 318
84.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22166 vs 262

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1694 vs 318
PassMark - CPU mark	22166 vs 262

Reasons to consider the AMD Z-60

24x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
CPU 2: AMD Z-60

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1694

318

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22166

262

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3	AMD Z-60
PassMark - Single thread mark	1694	318
PassMark - CPU mark	22166	262
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7047

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3	AMD Z-60
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Hondo
Launch date	Q3'14	October 2012
Place in performance rating	1411	3227
Processor Number	E5-2670V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Maximum core temperature	84.5°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	1 GHz
Number of cores	12	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		64 KB
L2 cache		1024 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FT1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	5 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)