Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Opteron 3365

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 and AMD Opteron 3365 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 28 more threads: 36 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.6x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 1.125 MB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 45 MB vs 8 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3365

  • Around 78% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 8 MB vs 4.5 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3365

Name Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 AMD Opteron 3365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 209.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6767
PassMark - Single thread mark 1132
PassMark - CPU mark 4105
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6931

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 AMD Opteron 3365

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell-EP
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 AMD Opteron
Launch date Q4'14
Place in performance rating 1312 1346
Processor Number E5-2696 v3
Vertical segment Server Server
OPN Tray OS3365OLW8KHK
Series AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2300 MHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 1.125 MB 384 KB
L2 cache 4.5 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 45 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Number of cores 18 8
Number of threads 36 8
Maximum core temperature 70.30°C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz
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Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Sockets supported LGA2011-3 (R3) AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)