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.

AMD Opteron 1385

Intel Xeon W3505

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	2118	2076
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)