Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 vs AMD Opteron 6278

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4 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 E7-8860 v4

AMD Opteron 6278

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22737 vs 13733

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22737 vs 13733

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6278

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1007 vs 757

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1007 vs 757

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6278

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

757

1007

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22737

13733

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	AMD Opteron 6278
PassMark - Single thread mark	757	1007
PassMark - CPU mark	22737	13733

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8860 v4	AMD Opteron 6278
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Interlagos
Launch date	Q2'16	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1820	1858
Processor Number	E7-8860V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS6278WKTGGGU
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	18	16
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	36	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 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	4
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	115 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™)