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AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon X5647
General info
Comparing Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 1539 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.83 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Seoul (2012) |
Release date | 14 February 2011 (13 years old) | 4 December 2012 (11 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $175 | no data |
Current price | $221 (1.3x MSRP) | $79 |
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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
Threads | 8 | 8 |
Base clock speed | 2.93 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 384 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 8192 KB |
L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 8192 KB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | 239 mm2 | 315 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 80 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 1,200 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
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 configuration | 2 | 2 |
Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | C32 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 95 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 extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
FMA | no data | + |
AVX | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | - | no data |
Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
Status | Discontinued | no 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-V | no 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 types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 288 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5647 and Opteron 4386.
PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 14 February 2011 | 4 December 2012 |
Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 95 Watt |
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