AMD Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6386 SE and Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Intel Xeon E7-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
6.4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1297 vs 1124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2012 vs April 2011
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
L2 cache	16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1297 vs 1124

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 64.40°C
13.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24434 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 64.40°C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 48 KB
L3 cache	30720 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	24434 vs 12761

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6386 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1297

1124

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12761

24434

Name	AMD Opteron 6386 SE	Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1297	1124
PassMark - CPU mark	12761	24434

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6386 SE	Intel Xeon E7-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Abu Dhabi	Westmere EX
Family	AMD Opteron
Launch date	November 2012	April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,408
OPN Tray	OS6386YETGGHK
Place in performance rating	1607	1463
Price now	$149.99
Series	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Value for money (0-100)	21.11
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Processor Number		E7-8870
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	315 mm	513 mm
L1 cache	48 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	64.40°C	69°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	16	10
Number of threads	16	20
Transistor count	2400 million	2600 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory size		4 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	8
Sockets supported	G34	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Peripherals
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)