AMD Opteron 1389 vs AMD Opteron 6234

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and AMD Opteron 6234 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 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1102 vs 887

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6234

• 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 6x 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
• 4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8644 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6234

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1102 887
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2079 8644

Compare specifications (specs)