AMD Opteron 1389 vs AMD Opteron 6212

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and AMD Opteron 6212 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1102 vs 1085

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6212

• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
• 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4007 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6212

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1102 1085
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2079 4007

Compare specifications (specs)