AMD Opteron 1385 vs Intel Xeon W3505

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1385 and Intel Xeon W3505 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1385

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1898 vs 1161
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 vs March 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4096 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1898 vs 1161

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3505

  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 1035
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1106 vs 1035

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1385
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3505

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1035
1106
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1898
1161
Name AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon W3505
PassMark - Single thread mark 1035 1106
PassMark - CPU mark 1898 1161

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1385 Intel Xeon W3505

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Bloomfield
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 2226 2175
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4
64 bit support
Die size 263 mm
Maximum frequency 2.53 GHz
Transistor count 731 million

Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 130 Watt

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)