Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 vs AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 and AMD Opteron 4332 HE 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 E7-8860 v4

AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 6
30 more threads: 36 vs 6
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 68°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22737 vs 5614

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 6
Number of threads	36 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 68°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22737 vs 5614

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4332 HE

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1285 vs 757

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1285 vs 757

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4332 HE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

757

1285

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22737

5614

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	AMD Opteron 4332 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	757	1285
PassMark - CPU mark	22737	5614

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	AMD Opteron 4332 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Seoul
Launch date	Q2'16	n/d
Place in performance rating	1820	1826
Processor Number	E7-8860V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4332OFU6KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	68°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	18	6
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	36	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 bandwidth	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)