Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6284 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 and AMD Opteron 6284 SE 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 6284 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 64.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1027 vs 857

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027 vs 857

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6284 SE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 100% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10619 vs 7229

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10619 vs 7229

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6284 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

857

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7229

10619

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 6284 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	857
PassMark - CPU mark	7229	10619

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	AMD Opteron 6284 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q2'15	May 2012
Place in performance rating	2058	2122
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		OS6284YETGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	16
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		2400 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	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	140 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™)