Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6308

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 and AMD Opteron 6308 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 20 vs 4
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 77.7°C vs 74.40°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
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 77.7°C vs 74.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6308

Name Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 AMD Opteron 6308
PassMark - Single thread mark 1486
PassMark - CPU mark 10525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 20.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.802

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 AMD Opteron 6308

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q2'15
Place in performance rating 1408 2942
Processor Number E5-4620V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6308WKT4GHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77.7°C 74.40°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz
Number of cores 10 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 4
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 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)