AMD Opteron 3280 vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3280 and AMD Opteron 6348 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3280

  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 61.10°C
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1344 vs 1036
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13470 vs 3723
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C vs 61.10°C
L1 cache 576 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 8 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1344 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 13470 vs 3723

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3280
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1036
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3723
13470
Name AMD Opteron 3280 AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 1036 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 3723 13470
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 3280 AMD Opteron 6348

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron AMD Opteron
OPN PIB OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3280OLW8KGU OS6348WKTCGHK
Place in performance rating 1450 1550
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Abu Dhabi
Launch date November 2012

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 576 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 61.10°C 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 8 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
Transistor count 2400 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 115 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)