Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6212

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 and AMD Opteron 6212 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 6212

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 8% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 71.70°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7229 vs 4007

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 71.70°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7229 vs 4007

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

Around 88% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1085 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1085 vs 1027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6212

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

1085

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7229

4007

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 6212
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	1085
PassMark - CPU mark	7229	4007

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 6212
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	2058	2094
Processor Number	E5-4610V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6212WKT8GGU
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	71.70°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	8
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
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
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	115 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)