Intel Xeon E7-4850 vs AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4850 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 E7-4850

AMD Opteron 6282 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4850

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 64.40°C
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 703 vs 517
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9571 vs 7130

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 64.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	703 vs 517
PassMark - CPU mark	9571 vs 7130

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6282 SE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.40 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4850
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6282 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

703

517

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9571

7130

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4850	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	703	517
PassMark - CPU mark	9571	7130

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4850	AMD Opteron 6282 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Interlagos
Launch date	Q2'11	November 2011
Place in performance rating	2318	2680
Processor Number	E7-4850
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	2.00 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of threads	20	16
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
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 1066 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)	130 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™)