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.

Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

AMD Opteron 3280

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	1365	1449
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)