Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 and AMD Opteron 6386 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 77.7°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 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1486 vs 1297
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 77.7°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 1486 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 10525
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 vs 10525

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1486
1297
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10525
12761
Name Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1486 1297
PassMark - CPU mark 10525 12761

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q2'15 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1504 1607
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
Launch price (MSRP) $2,408
OPN Tray OS6386YETGGHK
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.11

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77.7°C 64.40°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 10 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 16
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 48 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™)