Opteron 8220 vs Xeon E5-2699 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking598not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency8.40no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Santa Rosa (2006−2007)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)7 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,514

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores18 (Octadeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads362
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm90 nm
Die size356 mm2235 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration28
SocketFCLGA2011F
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR2
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Opteron 8220.

PCIe version3.01.0
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 7 February 2007
Physical cores 18 2
Threads 36 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon E5-2699 v3 has an age advantage of 7 years, 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

Opteron 8220, on the other hand, has 52.6% lower power consumption.

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