Intel Xeon E7-4850 vs AMD Opteron 4280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4850 and AMD Opteron 4280 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 E7-4850

AMD Opteron 4280

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4850

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12053 vs 4504

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12053 vs 4504

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 69°C
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1141 vs 923

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1141 vs 923

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4850
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4280

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

923

1141

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12053

4504

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4850	AMD Opteron 4280
PassMark - Single thread mark	923	1141
PassMark - CPU mark	12053	4504

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4850	AMD Opteron 4280
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX
Launch date	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1903	1924
Processor Number	E7-4850
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4280WLU8KGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of threads	20	8
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory size	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Package Size	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	LGA1567	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	95 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)