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).

 

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: 1768 vs 1313
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24248 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 1768 vs 1313
PassMark - CPU mark 24248 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
1768
1313
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
24248
7236
Name Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 AMD Opteron 4238
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 1313
PassMark - CPU mark 24248 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 1714 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)