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.

 

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 2093
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)