Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6380

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 and AMD Opteron 6380 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 6380

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 79 vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1144 vs 1133
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15084 vs 12377

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	79 vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1144 vs 1133
PassMark - CPU mark	15084 vs 12377

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6380

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 89% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 1.80 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 1.80 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6380

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1144

1133

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15084

12377

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4	AMD Opteron 6380
PassMark - Single thread mark	1144	1133
PassMark - CPU mark	15084	12377

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4	AMD Opteron 6380
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q2'16	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1666	1762
Processor Number	E5-4610V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,150
OPN Tray		OS6380WKTGGHK
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		33.00
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	79	69°C
Maximum frequency	1.80 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	16
Die size		315 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	1.5 TB
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	45mm x 52.5mm
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
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™)