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.

 

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 1865 1905
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™)