Xeon E3-1270 v5 vs Opteron 6386 SE

Aggregate performance score

Opteron 6386 SE
2012
16 cores / 16 threads, 140 Watt
5.22
Xeon E3-1270 v5
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
5.25
+0.6%

Xeon E3-1270 v5 outperforms Opteron 6386 SE by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11961191
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.473.35
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E3
Power efficiency3.536.21
Architecture codenameAbu Dhabi (2012)Skylake-DT (2015)
Release date5 November 2012 (12 years ago)19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,408$339

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E3-1270 v5 has 613% better value for money than Opteron 6386 SE.

Detailed specifications

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache768 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (per die)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2122 mm2
Number of transistors2,400 million1,750 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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)
SocketG34FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5. 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+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 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 E3-1270 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5.

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 6386 SE 5.22
Xeon E3-1270 v5 5.25
+0.6%

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 E3-1270 v5 8340
+0.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.22 5.25
Recency 5 November 2012 19 October 2015
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt

Opteron 6386 SE has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon E3-1270 v5, on the other hand, has a 0.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 75% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Opteron 6386 SE and Xeon E3-1270 v5.


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