Xeon E7-8880 v3 vs Opteron 4386

Aggregate performance score

Opteron 4386
2012
8 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
2.06
Xeon E7-8880 v3
2015
18 cores / 36 threads, 150 Watt
11.49
+458%

Xeon E7-8880 v3 outperforms Opteron 4386 by a whopping 458% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1905687
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.057.77
Architecture codenameSeoul (2012)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date4 December 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads836
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rateno data9.6 GT/s
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8192 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size315 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration28
SocketC32FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 4386 and Xeon E7-8880 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Opteron 4386 2.06
Xeon E7-8880 v3 11.49
+458%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Opteron 4386 3273
Xeon E7-8880 v3 18244
+457%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.06 11.49
Recency 4 December 2012 1 June 2015
Physical cores 8 18
Threads 8 36
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 150 Watt

Opteron 4386 has 57.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8880 v3, on the other hand, has a 457.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 125% more physical cores and 350% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E7-8880 v3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 4386 in performance tests.


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