Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2689 and AMD Opteron 4386 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2689

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

8 more threads: 16 vs 8

Number of threads	16 vs 8

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 52°C
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 52°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2689
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2689	AMD Opteron 4386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.539
PassMark - Single thread mark		494
PassMark - CPU mark		5419

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2689	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Seoul
Launch date	6 Mar 2012	n/d
Place in performance rating	2076	2693
Processor Number	E5-2689
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Series		AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	52°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	8
VID voltage range	0.6V - 1.35V
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	LGA2011	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)