Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3 vs AMD Opteron 6380

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Combined performance score

Opteron 6380
4.35

Xeon E3-1285L v3 outperforms Opteron 6380 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12441230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.750.52
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Haswell-WS (2013)
Release date5 November 2012 (11 years old)2 June 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,150$809
Current price$598 (0.5x MSRP)$899 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Opteron 6380 has 44% better value for money than Xeon E3-1285L v3.

Technical specs

Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size315 mm2160 mm2
Number of transistors2,400 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L 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 configuration41
SocketG34FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPPno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD P4600
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 6380 4.35
Xeon E3-1285L v3 4.44
+2.1%

Xeon E3-1285L v3 outperforms Opteron 6380 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Opteron 6380 6687
Xeon E3-1285L v3 6819
+2%

Xeon E3-1285L v3 outperforms Opteron 6380 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Opteron 6380 415
Xeon E3-1285L v3 902
+117%

Xeon E3-1285L v3 outperforms Opteron 6380 by 117% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Opteron 6380 3208
+7%
Xeon E3-1285L v3 2997

Opteron 6380 outperforms Xeon E3-1285L v3 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.35 4.44
Recency 5 November 2012 2 June 2013
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 16 8
Cost $1150 $809
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Opteron 6380 and Xeon E3-1285L v3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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