Intel Xeon E7-4870 vs AMD Opteron 6278

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4870 and AMD Opteron 6278 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 6278

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4870

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1054 vs 1007

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1054 vs 1007

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6278

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13733 vs 11939

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	13733 vs 11939

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4870
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6278

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1054

1007

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11939

13733

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4870	AMD Opteron 6278
PassMark - Single thread mark	1054	1007
PassMark - CPU mark	11939	13733

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4870	AMD Opteron 6278
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Interlagos
Launch date	Q2'11	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1865	1858
Processor Number	E7-4870
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6278WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 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	115 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™)