AMD Opteron 6348 vs Intel Core i7-980

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6348 and Intel Core i7-980 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, 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 6348

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
• Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 70.40°C vs 68.8°C
• 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 33% 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 96% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13470 vs 6867

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-980

• Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1542 vs 1344

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6348
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-980

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1344 1542
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13470 6867

Compare specifications (specs)