Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 and AMD Opteron 4386 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 E5-2687W v4

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
4.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2075 vs 494
5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28840 vs 5419

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	76°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2075 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark	28840 vs 5419

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 160 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2075

494

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

28840

5419

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4	AMD Opteron 4386
PassMark - Single thread mark	2075	494
PassMark - CPU mark	28840	5419
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	870
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	11425

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Seoul
Launch date	Q1'16	n/d
Place in performance rating	920	2693
Processor Number	E5-2687WV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	8
VID voltage range	0
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 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		2200 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	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 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
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™)