Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2 vs AMD Opteron 3280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4657L 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 24 vs 8
  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 61.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1291 vs 1036
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21548 vs 3723
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 81°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1291 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 21548 vs 3723

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3280

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1291
1036
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21548
3723
Name Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2 AMD Opteron 3280
PassMark - Single thread mark 1291 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 21548 3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2 AMD Opteron 3280

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date Q1'14
Place in performance rating 1402 1450
Processor Number E5-4657LV2
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 2.40 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 81°C 61.10°C
Maximum frequency 2.90 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 24 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 51 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 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)