Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 vs AMD Opteron 3365

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 and AMD Opteron 3365 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2

  • 7 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 8
  • 22 more threads: 30 vs 8
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 73°C vs 70.30°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1316 vs 1132
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25966 vs 4105
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 15 vs 8
Number of threads 30 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 73°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1316 vs 1132
PassMark - CPU mark 25966 vs 4105

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3365

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3365

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1316
1132
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25966
4105
Name Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 AMD Opteron 3365
PassMark - Single thread mark 1316 1132
PassMark - CPU mark 25966 4105
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6931

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 AMD Opteron 3365

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge
Launch date Q1'14
Place in performance rating 1279 1344
Processor Number E7-8880V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3365OLW8KHK

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 2.3 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 73°C 70.30°C
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 15 8
Number of QPI Links 3
Number of threads 30 8
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333/1600 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8
Package Size 52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 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® AVX
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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)