Intel Xeon E7-4807 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4807 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: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E7-4807

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4807

4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 721 vs 494
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6223 vs 5419

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	721 vs 494
PassMark - CPU mark	6223 vs 5419

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 70.50°C vs 70°C

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C vs 70°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4807
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

721

494

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6223

5419

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 4386
PassMark - Single thread mark	721	494
PassMark - CPU mark	6223	5419

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4807	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Seoul
Launch date	Q2'11	n/d
Place in performance rating	2338	2693
Processor Number	E7-4807
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.86 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	70.50°C
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	12	8
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Maximum frequency		3.8 GHz
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory size	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 800 MHz)	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	LGA1567	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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™)