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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Opteron 1385 | Intel Xeon W3505 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1035 | 1106 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1898 | 1161 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Opteron 1385 | Intel Xeon W3505 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | K10 | Bloomfield |
Launch date | 1 Jun 2009 | March 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
Place in performance rating | 2228 | 2175 |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Performance |
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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 |
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Maximum memory size | 256 TB | |
Supported memory types | DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM2+, AM3 | 1366 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 130 Watt |
Security & Reliability |
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Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Virtualization |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) |