Intel Xeon E7-4807 vs AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4807 and AMD Opteron 6282 SE 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 E7-4807

AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4807

Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 64.40°C
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 721 vs 517

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 64.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	721 vs 517

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6282 SE

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7130 vs 6223

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7130 vs 6223

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4807
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6282 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

721

517

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6223

7130

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	721	517
PassMark - CPU mark	6223	7130

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Interlagos
Launch date	Q2'11	November 2011
Place in performance rating	2338	2594
Processor Number	E7-4807
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,090
OPN Tray		OS6282YETGGGU
Price now		$129.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.65
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.86 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	64.40°C
Number of cores	6	16
Number of threads	12	16
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum frequency		3.3 GHz
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory size	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 800 MHz)	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	4
Package Size	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	LGA1567	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	140 Watt
Peripherals
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)