Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 vs AMD Opteron 3280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 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 E5-4660 v3

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 28 vs 8
  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 82.5°C vs 61.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1558 vs 1036
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14256 vs 3723
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 28 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1558 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 vs 3723

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3280

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1558
1036
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14256
3723
Name Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 AMD Opteron 3280
PassMark - Single thread mark 1558 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 AMD Opteron 3280

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell
Launch date Q2'15
Place in performance rating 1363 1450
Processor Number E5-4660V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 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 2.10 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C 61.10°C
Maximum frequency 2.90 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 14 8
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 28 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 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 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)