Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 vs AMD Opteron 4280

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 and AMD Opteron 4280 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.

Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

AMD Opteron 4280

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8046 vs 4504

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8046 vs 4504

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4280

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1141 vs 1056

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	8 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1141 vs 1056

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 4280

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1056

1141

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8046

4504

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	AMD Opteron 4280
PassMark - Single thread mark	1056	1141
PassMark - CPU mark	8046	4504

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	AMD Opteron 4280
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake
Launch date	Q3'17
Place in performance rating	1890	1924
Processor Number	3104
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
OPN Tray		OS4280WLU8KGU
Performance
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	70.50°C
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	6	8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache		8 MB
Maximum frequency		2.2 GHz
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz	2200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	95 Watt
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® 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)