Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2 vs AMD Opteron 4386

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2 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 E7-8891 v2

AMD Opteron 4386

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
12 more threads: 20 vs 8
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm

Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	77°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4386

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 155 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4386

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2	AMD Opteron 4386
PassMark - Single thread mark		494
PassMark - CPU mark		5419

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2	AMD Opteron 4386
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Seoul
Launch date	Q1'14	n/d
Place in performance rating	not rated	2810
Processor Number	E7-8891V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 Family	AMD Opteron 4300 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4386WLU8KHK
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	20	8
Die size		315 mm
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		2200 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	2
Package Size	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)