AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon E5520

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4386 and Intel Xeon E5520 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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 4386

• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
• Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.53 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5419 vs 4626

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5520

• Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 72°C vs 70.50°C
• Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1104 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4386
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5520

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	494 1104
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	5419 4626

Compare specifications (specs)