AMD Opteron 4238 vs AMD Opteron 6220

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 and AMD Opteron 6220 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 4238

• Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
• Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 1235

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6220

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
• Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 71.70°C vs 70.50°C
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% 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 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7951 vs 7236

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6220

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1313 1235
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7236 7951

Compare specifications (specs)