Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs AMD Opteron 3280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 and AMD Opteron 3280 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 E5-4640 v2

AMD Opteron 3280

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 61.10°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1373 vs 1036
5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19028 vs 3723

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1373 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark	19028 vs 3723

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

Around 26% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3280

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1373

1036

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19028

3723

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2	AMD Opteron 3280
PassMark - Single thread mark	1373	1036
PassMark - CPU mark	19028	3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7007

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2	AMD Opteron 3280
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q1'14
Place in performance rating	1396	1449
Processor Number	E5-4640V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN PIB		OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray		OS3280OLW8KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	61.10°C
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	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	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	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)