Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 vs AMD Opteron 6274

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 and AMD Opteron 6274 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 6274

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 69°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1056 vs 974

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1056 vs 974

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6274

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10313 vs 8046

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	10313 vs 8046

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6274

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1056

974

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8046

10313

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	AMD Opteron 6274
PassMark - Single thread mark	1056	974
PassMark - CPU mark	8046	10313

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	AMD Opteron 6274
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Interlagos
Launch date	Q3'17	November 2011
Place in performance rating	1890	1911
Processor Number	3104
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD Opteron
Launch price (MSRP)		$909
OPN Tray		OS6274WKTGGGU
Price now		$210
Value for money (0-100)		6.82
Performance
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	69°C
Number of cores	6	16
Number of threads	6	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		316 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		16 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum frequency		3.1 GHz
Transistor count		2400 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz	2000 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)