Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 vs AMD Opteron 4238

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 and AMD Opteron 4238 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 v4

AMD Opteron 4238

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 79 vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15084 vs 7236

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	79 vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	15084 vs 7236

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4238

Around 106% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1144

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1313 vs 1144

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4238

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1144

1313

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15084

7236

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4	AMD Opteron 4238
PassMark - Single thread mark	1144	1313
PassMark - CPU mark	15084	7236

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4	AMD Opteron 4238
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'16
Place in performance rating	1666	1744
Processor Number	E5-4610V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4238WLU6KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	79	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	1.80 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	10	6
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	6
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	95 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
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)