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

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: 1575 vs 494
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7024 vs 5419

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	494 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	5419 7024

Compare specifications (specs)