AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4386 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Opteron 4386

Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 67°C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt

Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 67°C
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W

8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
3.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1736 vs 494
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17673 vs 5419

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 8
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark	17673 vs 5419

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4386
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

494

1736

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5419

17673

Name	AMD Opteron 4386	Intel Xeon E5-2687W
PassMark - Single thread mark	494	1736
PassMark - CPU mark	5419	17673
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5632
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		12747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		56.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		269.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		78.498

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4386	Intel Xeon E5-2687W
Essentials
Architecture codename	Seoul	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	n/d	March 2012
OPN Tray	OS4386WLU8KHK
Place in performance rating	2810	719
Series	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$815
Price now		$2,636.50
Processor Number		E5-2687W
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	3.10 GHz
Die size	315 mm	435 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C	67°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	8	16
Transistor count	1200 million	2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.60V - 1.35V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		256 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)