AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs AMD Opteron 3380

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and AMD Opteron 3380 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

AMD Opteron 3380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2129 vs 1054
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9099 vs 6384

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 70.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L3 cache	16 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2129 vs 1054
PassMark - CPU mark	9099 vs 6384

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3380

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 4
L2 cache	8 MB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3380

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2129

1054

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9099

6384

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500	AMD Opteron 3380
PassMark - Single thread mark	2129	1054
PassMark - CPU mark	9099	6384
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	942
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	31.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.777

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500	AMD Opteron 3380
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Delhi
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors	AMD Opteron
Launch date	29 June 2017	n/d
OPN Tray	YD150BBBM4GAE	OS3380OLW8KHK
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2023	2051
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors	AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Die size	192 mm	315 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	70.30°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	8	8
Transistor count	4800 million	1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)