AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon W3565

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4386 and Intel Xeon W3565 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).

AMD Opteron 4386

Intel Xeon W3565

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.46 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 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5419 vs 3375

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5419 vs 3375

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3565

3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1505 vs 494

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1505 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4386
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3565

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

494

1505

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5419

3375

Name	AMD Opteron 4386	Intel Xeon W3565
PassMark - Single thread mark	494	1505
PassMark - CPU mark	5419	3375
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		522
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		52.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.841

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4386	Intel Xeon W3565
Essentials
Architecture codename	Seoul	Bloomfield
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	n/d	November 2009
OPN Tray	OS4386WLU8KHK
Place in performance rating	2776	2648
Series	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$70
Price now		$69.95
Processor Number		W3565
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		25.02
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	3.20 GHz
Die size	315 mm	263 mm2
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
Transistor count	1200 million	731 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4.8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		1
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.225V
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		24 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	C32	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm x 45.0mm
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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)