AMD Opteron 4280 vs AMD Opteron 6238

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4280 and AMD Opteron 6238 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 4280

• Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 70.40°C
• Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1141 vs 1076

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6238

• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• 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 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8206 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4280
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6238

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1141 1076
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4504 8206

Compare specifications (specs)