AMD Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon W5590

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6386 SE and Intel Xeon W5590 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, 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 6386 SE

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 90% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 6718

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W5590

• Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
• Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 67°C vs 64.40°C
• 5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1580 vs 1297

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6386 SE
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W5590

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1297 1580
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	12761 6718

Compare specifications (specs)