AMD Opteron 6308 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6308 and AMD Opteron 4386 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 6308

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6308

Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 74.40°C vs 70.50°C
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Maximum core temperature	74.40°C vs 70.50°C
L3 cache	16 MB vs 8 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	8 MB vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6308
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

Name	AMD Opteron 6308	AMD Opteron 4386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	20.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.802
PassMark - Single thread mark		494
PassMark - CPU mark		5419

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6308	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6308WKT4GHK	OS4386WLU8KHK
Place in performance rating	3029	2810
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename		Seoul
Launch date		n/d
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	74.40°C	70.50°C
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
Maximum frequency		3.8 GHz
Transistor count		1200 million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz	2200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	G34	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)