Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs AMD Opteron 4238

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and AMD Opteron 4238 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

AMD Opteron 4238

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
18 more threads: 24 vs 6
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 84.5°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1771 vs 1313
3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24246 vs 7236

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	84.5°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1771 vs 1313
PassMark - CPU mark	24246 vs 7236

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 120 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4238

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1771

1313

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

24246

7236

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3	AMD Opteron 4238
PassMark - Single thread mark	1771	1313
PassMark - CPU mark	24246	7236
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	713
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7890
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	78.362
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.027

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3	AMD Opteron 4238
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1715	1744
Processor Number	E5-2680V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4238WLU6KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	84.5°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	12	6
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	6
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	95 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)