Xeon D-1540 vs Opteron 6386 SE

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Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6386 SE
2012
16 cores / 16 threads, 140 Watt
5.22
Xeon D-1540
2015
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
6.31
+20.9%

Xeon D-1540 outperforms Opteron 6386 SE by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11961069
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.472.84
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency3.5313.27
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date5 November 2012 (12 years ago)9 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,408$581

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon D-1540 has 504% better value for money than Opteron 6386 SE.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors2,400 million3,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketG34FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540 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 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540 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 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540.

PCIe version2.02.0/3.0
PCI Express lanesno data24
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data6
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data+
UARTno data+

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 6386 SE 5.22
Xeon D-1540 6.31
+20.9%

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 6386 SE 8291
Xeon D-1540 10025
+20.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.22 6.31
Recency 5 November 2012 9 March 2015
Physical cores 16 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 45 Watt

Opteron 6386 SE has 100% more physical cores.

Xeon D-1540, on the other hand, has a 20.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 211.1% lower power consumption.

The Xeon D-1540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 6386 SE in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon D-1540, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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