AMD Opteron 1385 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and Intel Xeon E3-1270 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 8192x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 32 GB
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 256 TB vs 32 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1270

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1750 vs 1035
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5376 vs 1898
Specifications (specs)
Launch date April 2011 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 6 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1750 vs 1035
PassMark - CPU mark 5376 vs 1898

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1270

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1035
1750
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1898
5376
Name AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon E3-1270
PassMark - Single thread mark 1035 1750
PassMark - CPU mark 1898 5376
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 738
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2830
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.794

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon E3-1270

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Sandy Bridge
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $369
Place in performance rating 2117 2029
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $317
Processor Number E3-1270
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 7.66

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 32 nm
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
Maximum core temperature 69.1°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)