AMD Opteron 6281 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4112

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6281 and Intel Xeon Silver 4112 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron 6281

Intel Xeon Silver 4112

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6281

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 3.00 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4112

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1762 vs 1129
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12390 vs 7279

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1762 vs 1129
PassMark - CPU mark	12390 vs 7279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6281
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Silver 4112

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1129

1762

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7279

12390

Name	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon Silver 4112
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129	1762
PassMark - CPU mark	7279	12390
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		765
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3218

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 6281	Intel Xeon Silver 4112
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bulldozer	Skylake
Family	AMD Opteron
OPN Tray	OS6281YJTGGGU
Place in performance rating	1837	1567
Series	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Value for money (0-100)	33.18
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q3'17
Processor Number		4112
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	16	4
Number of threads	16	8
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature		76°C
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	6
Supported memory frequency	2000 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4
Sockets supported	G34	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		76.0mm x 56.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
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
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
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)