AMD Opteron 1389 vs AMD Opteron 6276

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 1389 and AMD Opteron 6276 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 1389

  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1102 vs 916
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1102 vs 916

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6276

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x 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
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9168 vs 2079
Specifications (specs)
Launch date November 2011 vs 1 Jun 2009
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9168 vs 2079

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 1389
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6276

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1102
916
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2079
9168
Name AMD Opteron 1389 AMD Opteron 6276
PassMark - Single thread mark 1102 916
PassMark - CPU mark 2079 9168
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1688
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 39.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.974

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 1389 AMD Opteron 6276

Essentials

Architecture codename K10 Interlagos
Launch date 1 Jun 2009 November 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $269 $119
Place in performance rating 2045 1749
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6276WKTGGGU
Price now $79.99
Series AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Value for money (0-100) 33.18

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 2.3 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 32 nm
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 4 16
64 bit support
Die size 316 mm
Maximum core temperature 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz
Transistor count 2400 million
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Memory

Maximum memory size 256 TB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported AM2+, AM3 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 115 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)