AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon W3680

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4386 and Intel Xeon W3680 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 67.9°C
  • 5.3x 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
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C vs 67.9°C
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

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3680

  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1572 vs 494
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7003 vs 5419
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 12 vs 8
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1572 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark 7003 vs 5419

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4386
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3680

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
494
1572
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5419
7003
Name AMD Opteron 4386 Intel Xeon W3680
PassMark - Single thread mark 494 1572
PassMark - CPU mark 5419 7003
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 649
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3566
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 48.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.601

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4386 Intel Xeon W3680

Essentials

Architecture codename Seoul Westmere EP
Family AMD Opteron
Launch date n/d March 2010
OPN Tray OS4386WLU8KHK
Place in performance rating 2775 2536
Series AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $350
Price now $759.95
Processor Number W3680
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 3.52

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.33 GHz
Die size 315 mm 239 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 8 12
Transistor count 1200 million 1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 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 45mm

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)