Intel Xeon Gold 6136 vs AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6136 and AMD Opteron 3320 EE 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6136

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 24 vs 4
  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2170 vs 774
  • 13.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 36329 vs 2675
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 85°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2170 vs 774
PassMark - CPU mark 36329 vs 2675

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 3320 EE

  • 6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6136
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 3320 EE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2170
774
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
36329
2675
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6136 AMD Opteron 3320 EE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2170 774
PassMark - CPU mark 36329 2675
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4351
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 31493

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6136 AMD Opteron 3320 EE

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Delhi
Launch date Q3'17 2012
Place in performance rating 61 2410
Processor Number 6136
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors AMD Opteron 3300 Series Processor
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD Opteron
OPN Tray OS3320SJW4KHK

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 1.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 85°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 24 4
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Transistor count 1200 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 6
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz 1400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability S4S

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® 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 2
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™)