Intel Xeon E7-4870 vs AMD Opteron 4334

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4870 and AMD Opteron 4334 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 E7-4870

AMD Opteron 4334

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4870

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 67.70°C
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11939 vs 6099

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 67.70°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11939 vs 6099

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4334

Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1208 vs 1054

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1208 vs 1054

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4870
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4334

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1054

1208

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11939

6099

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4870	AMD Opteron 4334
PassMark - Single thread mark	1054	1208
PassMark - CPU mark	11939	6099

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4870	AMD Opteron 4334
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Seoul
Launch date	Q2'11	n/d
Place in performance rating	1914	1924
Processor Number	E7-4870
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4334WLU6KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	67.70°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	10	6
Number of threads	20	6
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		288 KB
L2 cache		6 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 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	2
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
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™)