Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 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.

Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3

8 more threads: 24 vs 16
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°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 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1514 vs 1297

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	77.6°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	1514 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 10372

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12761 vs 10372

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1514

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10372

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1514	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	10372	12761

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q2'15	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1486	1607
Processor Number	E5-4640V3
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	1.90 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	12	16
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	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™)