Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3 vs AMD Opteron 4284

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3 and AMD Opteron 4284 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 E5-4650 v3

AMD Opteron 4284

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1384 vs 1369
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10838 vs 8560

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1384 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark	10838 vs 8560

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4284

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1384

1369

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10838

8560

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3	AMD Opteron 4284
PassMark - Single thread mark	1384	1369
PassMark - CPU mark	10838	8560

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3	AMD Opteron 4284
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	1619	1685
Processor Number	E5-4650V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4284WLU8KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	8
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 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		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	95 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)