Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 vs AMD Opteron 6376

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 and AMD Opteron 6376 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 Intel Xeon Bronze 3204

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 77°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
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6376

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 94% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1131 vs 1116
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12278 vs 9019
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8.25 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1131 vs 1116
PassMark - CPU mark 12278 vs 9019

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6376

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1116
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9019
12278
Name Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 AMD Opteron 6376
PassMark - Single thread mark 1116 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 9019 12278

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 AMD Opteron 6376

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Abu Dhabi
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 November 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $224 $750
Place in performance rating 1794 1677
Processor Number 3204
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS6376WKTGGHK
Price now $65
Value for money (0-100) 42.66

Performance

Base frequency 1.90 GHz 2.3 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 8.25 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 1.90 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 6 16
Number of threads 6 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
Transistor count 2400 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory bandwidth 95.37 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR3

Compatibility

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 4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8, x4
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
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® 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™)