AMD Opteron 6328 vs Intel Xeon W3505

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6328 and Intel Xeon W3505 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 6328

• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
• 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
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1442 vs 1106
• 8.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9508 vs 1161

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6328
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3505

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1442 1106
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	9508 1161

Compare specifications (specs)