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.

Intel Pentium D1508

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

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	1379	1511
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™)