AMD Opteron 4238 vs AMD Opteron 6276

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4238 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 4238

• Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 69°C
• Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1313 vs 916

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6276

• 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
• 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
• 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x 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 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9168 vs 7236

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4238
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6276

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1313 916
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7236 9168

Compare specifications (specs)