Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 vs AMD Opteron 3365

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 and AMD Opteron 3365 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 E5-4655 v3

AMD Opteron 3365

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 84.4°C vs 70.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1817 vs 1132
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9377 vs 4105

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	84.4°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1817 vs 1132
PassMark - CPU mark	9377 vs 4105

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3365

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 135 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3365

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1817

1132

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9377

4105

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3	AMD Opteron 3365
PassMark - Single thread mark	1817	1132
PassMark - CPU mark	9377	4105
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6931

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3	AMD Opteron 3365
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	1293	1347
Processor Number	E5-4655V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS3365OLW8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	84.4°C	70.30°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12	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		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt	65 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)