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.

AMD Opteron 4280

Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

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 1013

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1141 vs 1013

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
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10181 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	10181 vs 4504

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1141

1013

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4504

10181

Name	AMD Opteron 4280	Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
PassMark - Single thread mark	1141	1013
PassMark - CPU mark	4504	10181

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 4280	Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
Essentials
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS4280WLU8KGU
Place in performance rating	2032	2011
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)