Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 vs AMD Opteron 3365

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 and AMD Opteron 3365 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

AMD Opteron 3365

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 70.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1574 vs 1132
4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16970 vs 4105

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1574 vs 1132
PassMark - CPU mark	16970 vs 4105

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3365

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3365

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1574

1132

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16970

4105

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	AMD Opteron 3365
PassMark - Single thread mark	1574	1132
PassMark - CPU mark	16970	4105
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6931

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	AMD Opteron 3365
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q1'14
Place in performance rating	1294	1344
Processor Number	E5-4620V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS3365OLW8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	70.30°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	8
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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)