Intel Xeon E7-4860 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4860 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 Xeon E7-4860

AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4860

4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 64.40°C
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20367 vs 12761

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 64.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	20367 vs 12761

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.67 GHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1297 vs 1092

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.67 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1297 vs 1092

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4860
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1092

1297

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20367

12761

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4860	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092	1297
PassMark - CPU mark	20367	12761

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4860	AMD Opteron 6386 SE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Westmere EX	Abu Dhabi
Launch date	Q2'11	November 2012
Place in performance rating	1481	1512
Processor Number	E7-4860
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family	AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status	Discontinued
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	2.26 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	64.40°C
Maximum frequency	2.67 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of threads	20	16
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		48 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory size	2 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2000 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	4
Package Size	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	LGA1567	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	140 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™)