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.

 

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 1857
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™)