AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon X5647

#ad
Buy
VS

General info

Comparing Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1539not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.83no data
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Seoul (2012)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years old)4 December 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$175no data
Current price$221 (1.3x MSRP)$79
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Technical specs

Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.93 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)8192 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size239 mm2315 mm2
Maximum core temperature80 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 million1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366C32
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386.

PCIe version2.0no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 14 February 2011 4 December 2012
Physical cores 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 95 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

User ratings

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Xeon X5647
Xeon X5647
AMD Opteron  4386
Opteron 4386

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.9 17 votes

Rate Intel Xeon X5647 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

This processor has no user ratings yet.

Rate AMD Opteron 4386 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about Xeon X5647 or Opteron 4386, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.