AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4280 and Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1141 vs 1006
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1141 vs 1006

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 38% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9706 vs 4504
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 11264 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9706 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1141
1006
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4504
9706
Name AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
PassMark - Single thread mark 1141 1006
PassMark - CPU mark 4504 9706

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4280 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS4280WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating 2008 1989
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date July 2017
Processor Number 3106
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 1.70 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 11264 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 77°C
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Transistor count 8000 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4-2133
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)