AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs AMD Opteron 6274

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and AMD Opteron 6274 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2129 vs 974
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs November 2011
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2129 vs 974

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • 2x 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 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10313 vs 9099
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10313 vs 9099

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6274

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2129
974
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9099
10313
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark 2129 974
PassMark - CPU mark 9099 10313
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 6274

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Interlagos
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD Opteron
Launch date 29 June 2017 November 2011
OPN Tray YD150BBBM4GAE OS6274WKTGGGU
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2023 2001
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $909
Price now $210
Value for money (0-100) 6.82

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Die size 192 mm 316 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2400 million
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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 2
Sockets supported AM4 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 115 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™)