Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2354 vs 1297
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2354 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 8088
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 vs 8088

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2354
1297
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8088
12761
Name Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2354 1297
PassMark - CPU mark 8088 12761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 119.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.284

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Abu Dhabi
Launch date Q2'15 November 2012
Place in performance rating 1485 1607
Processor Number E3-1285LV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family 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 3.40 GHz 2.8 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 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 bandwidth 29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz

Graphics

eDRAM 128 MB
Execution Units 48
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 140 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013B

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)