AMD Opteron 1385 vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and Intel Xeon E5-2689 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, 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

Intel Xeon E5-2689

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

682.7x more maximum memory size: 256 TB vs 384 GB

Maximum memory size	256 TB vs 384 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm

Launch date	6 Mar 2012 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2689

Name	AMD Opteron 1385	Intel Xeon E5-2689
PassMark - Single thread mark	1035
PassMark - CPU mark	1898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.539

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 1385	Intel Xeon E5-2689
Essentials
Architecture codename	K10	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	1 Jun 2009	6 Mar 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	2228	2151
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E5-2689
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		52°C
Maximum frequency		3.6 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.6V - 1.35V
Memory
Maximum memory size	256 TB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM2+, AM3	LGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)