Intel Pentium D1508 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium D1508 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D1508

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 5.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1297
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1760 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 3240
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 vs 3240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium D1508
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1760
1297
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3240
12761
Name Intel Pentium D1508 AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1760 1297
PassMark - CPU mark 3240 12761

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium D1508 AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q4'15 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1469 1607
Processor Number D1508
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor D Series AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP) $2,408
OPN Tray OS6386YETGGHK
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.11

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 2 16
Number of threads 4 16
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 48 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 64.40°C
Transistor count 2400 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1667 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 140 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
Number of USB ports 8
PCI Express revision 2.0/3.0
PCIe configurations x4 x8 x16
Scalability 1S Only
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)