AMD Opteron 1385 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Opteron 1385

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	512 KB vs 384 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2134 vs 1035
4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9106 vs 1898

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	16 MB vs 6 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2134 vs 1035
PassMark - CPU mark	9106 vs 1898

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1035

2134

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1898

9106

Name	AMD Opteron 1385	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1035	2134
PassMark - CPU mark	1898	9106
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		942
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		31.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.777

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1385	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Zen
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	2118	1952
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YD150BBBM4GAE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	6 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Maximum frequency		3.7 GHz
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)