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).

Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

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: 2353 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	2353 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 8084

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 8084

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2353

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8084

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2353	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	8084	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	1487	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™)