Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 vs AMD Opteron 3380

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 and AMD Opteron 3380 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.

Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

AMD Opteron 3380

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 70.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7229 vs 6384

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7229 vs 6384

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3380

Around 112% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1054 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1054 vs 1027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3380

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

1054

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7229

6384

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 3380
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	1054
PassMark - CPU mark	7229	6384

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 3380
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Delhi
Launch date	Q2'15	n/d
Place in performance rating	2058	2050
Processor Number	E5-4610V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS3380OLW8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	70.30°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	8
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	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)